The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2035
Highlights this month
- 1TueThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (6:13am)
- 2WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (21° from the Sun, mag 0.2) — best evening apparition. (6:37pm)
- 6SunThe Moon passes Venus — 1° apart. (9:19am)
- 6SunEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 13SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (4:27am)
- 14MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:46pm)
- 18FriVenus and Jupiter in conjunction — 0.5° apart. (6:16am)
- 25FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:37pm)
- 29TueThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (11:51pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:01am | 5:32pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Thu 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 14m | 6:54pm | 5:38am |
| Sun 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Thu 31 | 7:26am | 5:08pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 1, 2:52am
- New MoonTue 8, 6:07am
- First QuarterMon 14, 8:30pm
- Full MoonTue 22, 2:26pm
- Last QuarterWed 30, 5:32pm
Perigee 9 May (359,700 km) · Apogee 24 May (406,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 2.9 | 8:28am | 1:13pm | 5:58pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.7 | 5:16am | 10:46am | 4:16pm | Morning |
| Mars | Cap | −0.1 | 11:26pm | 6:24am | 1:21pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Ari | −1.9 | 5:32am | 10:56am | 4:21pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.1 | 12:05pm | 4:59pm | 9:52pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.7 | 10:42am | 3:24pm | 8:06pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.9 | 4:40am | 10:18am | 3:56pm | 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 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2035
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.