The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2032
Highlights this month
- 6ThuEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 20ThuJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:51am)
- 23SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:56pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 30m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Mon 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Thu 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Mon 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterMon 3, 2:07am
- New MoonSun 9, 11:38pm
- First QuarterMon 17, 7:42pm
- Full MoonTue 25, 12:41pm
Perigee 4 May (369,500 km) · Apogee 17 May (404,700 km) · Perigee 29 May (368,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −1.4 | 6:24am | 11:38am | 4:52pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.8 | 6:49am | 11:57am | 5:05pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 1.6 | 8:38am | 1:24pm | 6:10pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.2 | 9:53pm | 5:05am | 12:14pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.0 | 9:25am | 2:13pm | 7:01pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.7 | 9:44am | 2:26pm | 7:09pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.9 | 4:05am | 9:51am | 3:36pm | 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 2032
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.