The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2013
Highlights this month
- 6MonEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 12SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:59am)
- 23ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (6:05pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:01am | 5:32pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Fri 10 | 7:10am | 5:23pm | 10h 13m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Mon 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Fri 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterThu 2, 9:14pm
- New MoonFri 10, 10:33am
- First QuarterSat 18, 2:39pm
- Full Moon SupermoonSat 25, 2:27pm
Apogee 14 May (405,900 km) · Perigee 26 May (358,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | −2.0 | 7:35am | 12:31pm | 5:27pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.7 | 8:17am | 1:07pm | 5:58pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | 1.3 | 6:44am | 11:51am | 4:57pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.7 | 9:21am | 2:06pm | 6:52pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.1 | 4:30pm | 11:08pm | 5:50am | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 3:40am | 9:30am | 3:20pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 12:43am | 7:18am | 1:52pm | 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 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2013
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 15 July 2026.