The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2033
Highlights this month
- 3TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (8:40am)
- 6FriEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A 50% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 8SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:00am)
- 22SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (12:41pm)
- 25WedThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (12:27pm)
- 27FriMars is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:31pm)
- 30MonVenus at greatest morning elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best morning apparition. (3:01am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 30m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Tue 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 13m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Fri 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Tue 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterFri 6, 4:46pm
- Full MoonSat 14, 8:48pm
- Last QuarterSun 22, 4:38am
- New MoonSat 28, 9:35pm
Apogee 9 May (405,500 km) · Perigee 25 May (365,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | −1.6 | 8:02am | 12:52pm | 5:42pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −4.5 | 3:31am | 9:24am | 3:17pm | Morning |
| Mars | Sgr | −1.2 | 8:09pm | 3:40am | 11:07am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −2.0 | 12:39am | 7:15am | 1:51pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Gem | −0.0 | 10:22am | 3:08pm | 7:53pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.7 | 10:03am | 2:45pm | 7:27pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.9 | 4:17am | 10:00am | 3:43pm | 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 50% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — May 2033
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.