The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2055
Highlights this month
- 3MonThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (10:17am)
- 6ThuEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A bright 70% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 9SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:37am)
- 14FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (10:02pm)
- 20ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:00am)
- 22SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (4:41am)
- 26WedVenus at greatest evening elongation (45° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (11:23am)
- 28FriNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:10pm)
- 30SunThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (4:25pm)
- 31MonThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (7:02pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:01am | 5:32pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Mon 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 13m | 6:54pm | 5:39am |
| Thu 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Mon 31 | 7:26am | 5:08pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterTue 4, 9:14pm
- Full MoonTue 11, 12:28pm
- Last QuarterTue 18, 9:36pm
- New MoonWed 26, 11:04pm
Perigee 9 May (362,800 km) · Apogee 21 May (405,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 5.4 | 7:52am | 12:45pm | 5:37pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.2 | 10:57am | 3:30pm | 8:03pm | Evening |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.4 | 12:10pm | 5:00pm | 9:50pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.3 | 7:59pm | 3:23am | 10:43am | Morning |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.9 | 3:14am | 9:15am | 3:15pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.4 | 3:15pm | 9:29pm | 3:46am | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 8:12am | 1:08pm | 6:05pm | 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 bright 70% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — May 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.