The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 1995
Highlights this month
- 5FriUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:50pm)
- 6SatEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A 34% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 12FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (22° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (11:50am)
- 16TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (12:34pm)
- 25ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:38am)
- 27SatThe Moon passes Venus — 0.9° apart. (5:05pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:02pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 14m | 6:54pm | 5:38am |
| Sat 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:45am |
| Wed 31 | 7:26am | 5:08pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:52am |
Days shorten by about 50 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 8, 7:47am
- Full Moon SupermoonMon 15, 6:48am
- Last QuarterSun 21, 9:35pm
- New MoonMon 29, 7:32pm
Apogee 3 May (405,900 km) · Perigee 16 May (357,900 km) · Apogee 30 May (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 0.7 | 9:06am | 1:44pm | 6:21pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −3.7 | 5:01am | 10:36am | 4:10pm | Morning |
| Mars | Leo | 0.7 | 1:28pm | 6:43pm | 12:00am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Oph | −2.4 | 6:19pm | 1:38am | 8:52am | Morning |
| Saturn | Psc | 1.2 | 2:10am | 8:27am | 2:44pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.8 | 9:48pm | 5:03am | 12:14pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 9:26pm | 4:41am | 11:52am | 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 34% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — May 1995
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.