The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2055
Highlights this month
- 1ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:24pm)
- 2FriUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Virgo (mag 5.4). (8:33pm)
- 17SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (1:44pm)
- 23FriLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 12% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 24SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (3:52pm)
- 25SunJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:14am)
- 27TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (20° from the Sun, mag 0.2) — best evening apparition. (11:24pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:34am | 7:13pm | 11h 40m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Sat 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 18m | 7:28pm | 5:14am |
| Tue 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 55m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Fri 30 | 7:00am | 5:33pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 5, 12:51pm
- Full MoonMon 12, 3:54am
- Last QuarterMon 19, 4:39am
- New MoonTue 27, 9:24am
Perigee 10 Apr (358,400 km) · Apogee 23 Apr (405,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −1.1 | 8:01am | 1:13pm | 6:25pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −4.0 | 10:20am | 3:04pm | 7:48pm | Evening |
| Mars | Gem | 1.1 | 1:12pm | 5:50pm | 10:29pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.1 | 9:59pm | 5:23am | 12:43pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.9 | 4:56am | 11:01am | 5:05pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.4 | 5:16pm | 11:31pm | 5:50am | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 10:05am | 3:02pm | 7:59pm | Evening |
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 12% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2055
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.