The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2041
Highlights this month
- 6MonEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A 32% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 12SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (22° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (5:46pm)
- 13MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.4° apart. (2:45pm)
- 14TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.4° apart. (12:12am)
- 25SatMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:43am)
- 26SunThe Moon passes Venus — 0.4° apart. (5:24pm)
- 27MonThe Moon passes Mars — 0.5° apart. (11:58am)
- 27MonVenus at greatest morning elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best morning apparition. (5:48pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 30m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Fri 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 13m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Mon 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Fri 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 8, 1:56pm
- Full MoonThu 16, 10:56am
- Last QuarterThu 23, 8:32am
- New MoonThu 30, 8:59am
Apogee 9 May (404,800 km) · Perigee 22 May (369,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 0.7 | 9:07am | 1:44pm | 6:22pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −4.5 | 3:29am | 9:23am | 3:17pm | Morning |
| Mars | Psc | 1.2 | 4:27am | 10:07am | 3:46pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Vir | −2.2 | 3:48pm | 10:15pm | 4:45am | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.4 | 3:42pm | 9:59pm | 4:20am | Evening |
| Uranus | Cnc | 5.6 | 12:17pm | 5:14pm | 10:11pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Ari | 7.9 | 5:42am | 11:05am | 4:29pm | Hidden |
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 32% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — May 2041
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.