The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — October 2052
Highlights this month
- 5SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (7:39am)
- 9WedJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:49pm)
- 10ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 0.6° apart. (3:27pm)
- 17ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (25° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best evening apparition. (8:45pm)
- 21MonOrionids meteor shower peaks (up to 20/hr). A thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 28MonMars at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Aries (mag −2.5). (6:13pm)
- 29TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:06pm)
- 30WedSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:02am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 5:55am | 6:25pm | 12h 30m | 7:54pm | 4:25am |
| Thu 10 | 6:41am | 7:33pm | 12h 52m | 9:05pm | 5:10am |
| Sun 20 | 6:27am | 7:43pm | 13h 16m | 9:18pm | 4:52am |
| Thu 31 | 6:13am | 7:55pm | 13h 42m | 9:33pm | 4:35am |
Days lengthen by about 72 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterTue 1, 11:39am
- Full MoonTue 8, 9:59pm
- Last QuarterTue 15, 1:19pm
- New MoonWed 23, 2:07am
- First QuarterThu 31, 6:42am
Perigee 11 Oct (362,700 km) · Apogee 27 Oct (405,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Lib | −0.1 | 7:29am | 2:37pm | 9:46pm | Evening |
| Venus | Leo | −3.8 | 5:13am | 10:55am | 4:38pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | −2.3 | 8:51pm | 2:18am | 7:39am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 6:29am | 12:50pm | 7:11pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.5 | 2:48pm | 9:36pm | 4:29am | Evening |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.6 | 5:49am | 11:52am | 5:54pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.8 | 10:44pm | 3:47am | 8:46am | Morning |
Meteor showers
- Orionids — peaks 21 October, radiant in Orion (up to 20/hr). Also from Halley's Comet; Orion rides high after midnight from the south, giving a fair show. A thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — October 2052
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.