The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2054
Highlights this month
- 3SunThe Moon passes Mars — 0.4° apart. (11:50am)
- 3SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.3° apart. (11:01pm)
- 4MonThe Moon passes Venus — 0.9° apart. (6:39pm)
- 6WedEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 11MonMars and Saturn in conjunction — 0.4° apart. (9:46pm)
- 15FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (22° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (7:39pm)
- 22FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (2:49am)
- 22FriJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Scorpius (mag −2.4). (8:57pm)
- 26TueNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:09am)
- 28ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:59pm)
- 31SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.0° apart. (11:35am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:01am | 5:32pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Sun 10 | 7:10am | 5:23pm | 10h 13m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Wed 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Sun 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonFri 8, 3:09am
- First QuarterThu 14, 12:00am
- Full MoonFri 22, 1:13am
- Last QuarterSat 30, 1:03am
Perigee 13 May (369,600 km) · Apogee 28 May (404,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 0.3 | 9:10am | 1:47pm | 6:23pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −3.8 | 4:02am | 9:50am | 3:38pm | Morning |
| Mars | Psc | 0.9 | 2:28am | 8:39am | 2:50pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Sco | −2.4 | 5:41pm | 12:52am | 8:00am | All night |
| Saturn | Psc | 1.2 | 2:17am | 8:32am | 2:46pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.4 | 3:02pm | 9:10pm | 3:21am | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 8:01am | 12:59pm | 5:56pm | 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 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2054
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.