Partial solar and lunar eclipses will occur in Hong Kong in the first month of the Lunar New Year for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Both eclipses have been visible in Hong Kong in the first month of the Chinese calendar only three times in the past 200 years - 1850, 1962 and 1980. The next occurrence will be 2074.

The solar eclipse on January 26 will be an annular eclipse but will appear only partial in Hong Kong. It will begin at 5.08pm and end 6.08pm. The best places to watch it will be those with unobstructed views to the west-southwest, such as Tai O, Lamma Island and Tai Mo Shan.

The lunar eclipse on February 9 will start at 8.37pm and last for four hours. It will be best viewed at places with unobstructed views to the east and east-southeast.