The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2049
Highlights this month
- 6ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (7:05am)
- 6ThuEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 6ThuSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:11pm)
- 8SatMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:01am)
- 14FriNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:36am)
- 19WedUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:22pm)
- 20ThuMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (7:13am)
- 21FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (11:39pm)
- 25TueVenus at greatest morning elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best morning apparition. (8:31am)
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 13m | 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
- New MoonSun 2, 10:13am
- First QuarterMon 10, 12:01pm
- Full MoonMon 17, 9:18pm
- Last QuarterMon 24, 12:54pm
Apogee 8 May (405,100 km) · Perigee 20 May (363,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | 3.9 | 6:17am | 11:33am | 4:50pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −4.4 | 3:28am | 9:22am | 3:16pm | Morning |
| Mars | Tau | 1.7 | 9:19am | 2:01pm | 6:42pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.7 | 10:11am | 2:55pm | 7:38pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.3 | 9:30pm | 4:45am | 11:56am | Morning |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.4 | 2:03pm | 7:40pm | 1:21am | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 7:07am | 12:13pm | 5:20pm | 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 thin 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2049
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.