The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 1994
Highlights this month
- 1SunUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:20am)
- 6FriEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 8SunThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (11:02am)
- 23MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (7:26pm)
- 30MonMercury at greatest evening elongation (23° from the Sun, mag 0.4) — best evening apparition. (4:46pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:02pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 14m | 6:54pm | 5:38am |
| Fri 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Tue 31 | 7:26am | 5:08pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 3, 12:32am
- New MoonWed 11, 3:09am
- First QuarterWed 18, 10:58pm
- Full MoonWed 25, 1:39pm
Apogee 9 May (406,200 km) · Perigee 24 May (358,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | −0.9 | 8:40am | 1:22pm | 6:04pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.7 | 9:39am | 2:18pm | 6:57pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Psc | 1.2 | 4:41am | 10:17am | 3:54pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Lib | −2.3 | 4:28pm | 11:12pm | 5:59am | Evening |
| Saturn | Aqr | 1.0 | 1:13am | 7:43am | 2:13pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 9:26pm | 4:44am | 11:58am | Morning |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 9:15pm | 4:31am | 11:43am | Morning |
Meteor showers
- Eta Aquariids — peaks 6 May, radiant in Aquarius (up to 50/hr). Debris of Halley's Comet and one of the best showers of the year from the south — swift meteors in the pre-dawn eastern sky. A thin 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 1994
Evening sky Morning sky Up much of the night Lost in the Sun’s glare
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Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 17 August 2026.