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To welcome the first light of 2016, the Central Weather Bureau's Astronomical Observatory announced that Taiwan’s first light of the New Year’s Day will appear at 6:35 AM in Kenting’s Longkeng and Taitung’s Sanciandao. Those interested are advised to plan and prepare in advance.

The Central Weather Bureau stated that the first dawn on Taiwan’s main island in 2016 will appear at 6:35 AM in Kenting’s Longkeng and Taitung’s Sanciandao; subsequently, in Hualien’s Chongde and Yilan’s Su’ao it will be slightly later, with the sun visible at 6:36 AM; then at 6:37 AM it will be visible from Taipei’s Bitou Cape and Sandiao Cape.And if you’re in Orchid Island for New Year’s Eve, you can witness the earliest dawn in all of Taiwan at 6:33 AM.

In addition to the first light of 2016, those wishing to chase the last sunset of 2015 in Taiwan can do so at 5:25 PM in Tainan’s Anping and Kaohsiung’s Sizihwan. Other sunset times, from early to late, are as follows: New Taipei’s Fisherman’s Wharf at 5:15 PM, Taoyuan’s Yong’an Fishing Port at 5:17 PM, Hsinchu’s Nanliao Fishing Port at 5:18 PM, Miaoli’s Tongxiao at 5:19 PM, Taichung’s Wuchi at 5:20 PM, and Pingtung’s Guanshan at 5:24 PM.For outlying islands, the sunset time in Penghu’s Siyu is 5:26 PM, while on Taiping Island it is 5:28 PM, the latest sunset in all of Taiwan.

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◎First Dawn of 2016
Earliest in Taiwan: Kenting Longkeng & Taitung Sanciandao (06:35)
Earliest in all of Taiwan: Orchid Island (06:33)
◎Last Sunset of 2015
Latest in Taiwan: Tainan Anping & Kaohsiung Sizihwan (17:25)
Latest in all of Taiwan: Taiping Island (17:28)

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