The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2028
Highlights this month
- 6SatEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A bright 91% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 9TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (21° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (4:08pm)
- 11ThuVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:58pm)
- 14SunJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (4:34pm)
- 22MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:13am)
- 31WedUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:15am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 30m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Wed 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Sat 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Wed 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterTue 2, 12:28pm
- Full MoonTue 9, 5:46am
- Last QuarterTue 16, 8:49pm
- New MoonWed 24, 6:23pm
- First QuarterWed 31, 5:36pm
Perigee 5 May (366,400 km) · Apogee 17 May (404,800 km) · Perigee 31 May (369,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 1.1 | 9:01am | 1:39pm | 6:18pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −4.3 | 9:31am | 1:58pm | 6:26pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | 1.3 | 6:15am | 11:28am | 4:41pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Leo | −2.0 | 2:19pm | 8:01pm | 1:48am | Evening |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.3 | 5:29am | 10:57am | 4:25pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.8 | 8:27am | 1:16pm | 6:05pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.9 | 3:23am | 9:19am | 3:15pm | 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 bright 91% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — May 2028
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.