The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2050
Highlights this month
- 8FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:28pm)
- 18MonMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:21pm)
- 23SatLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:34am | 7:13pm | 11h 39m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Sun 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 18m | 7:27pm | 5:14am |
| Wed 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 55m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Sat 30 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 7, 6:13pm
- Last QuarterFri 15, 4:31am
- New MoonThu 21, 8:28pm
- First QuarterFri 29, 8:12am
Apogee 3 Apr (405,700 km) · Perigee 19 Apr (364,200 km) · Apogee 30 Apr (405,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | 5.6 | 7:20am | 12:37pm | 5:53pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.7 | 8:56am | 1:59pm | 7:02pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Sgr | 0.2 | 11:02pm | 6:22am | 1:41pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.9 | 1:45pm | 6:35pm | 11:24pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.6 | 12:25am | 7:29am | 2:32pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.4 | 4:15pm | 9:59pm | 3:46am | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 9:11am | 2:17pm | 7:22pm | 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 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2050
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.