The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2047
Highlights this month
- 13SatSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:49pm)
- 15MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (9:26pm)
- 22MonJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:40pm)
- 23TueLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 25ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:06am)
- 29MonThe Moon passes Venus — 0.3° apart. (12:37pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:33am | 7:14pm | 11h 40m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Wed 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 18m | 7:28pm | 5:14am |
| Sat 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 55m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Tue 30 | 7:00am | 5:34pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterThu 4, 2:14am
- Full Moon SupermoonWed 10, 8:36pm
- Last QuarterWed 17, 1:33pm
- New MoonThu 25, 2:41pm
Perigee 11 Apr (356,800 km) · Apogee 24 Apr (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | −1.1 | 5:54am | 11:44am | 5:34pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −4.0 | 10:18am | 3:02pm | 7:46pm | Evening |
| Mars | Ari | 1.5 | 8:24am | 1:33pm | 6:43pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Ari | −1.9 | 7:13am | 12:41pm | 6:09pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.3 | 9:47pm | 5:08am | 12:25pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.4 | 3:39pm | 9:05pm | 2:34am | Evening |
| Neptune | Ari | 7.9 | 8:40am | 1:52pm | 7:03pm | Hidden |
Meteor showers
- Lyrids — peaks 23 April, radiant in Lyra (up to 18/hr). A modest shower; the radiant is low in the north-east before dawn from Victoria. A thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2047
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.