The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2060
Highlights this month
- 2SunVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:35am)
- 6ThuEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A 39% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 23SunVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:23pm)
- 25TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (23° from the Sun, mag 0.4) — best evening apparition. (11:13pm)
- 27ThuSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:33pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:02am | 5:31pm | 10h 29m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Mon 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Thu 20 | 7:19am | 5:14pm | 9h 55m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Mon 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 48 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterFri 7, 7:20pm
- Full MoonSat 15, 11:44pm
- Last QuarterSun 23, 1:12pm
- New MoonSun 30, 4:23am
Apogee 12 May (406,000 km) · Perigee 28 May (361,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | −0.5 | 8:57am | 1:36pm | 6:14pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.8 | 8:31am | 1:06pm | 5:40pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | 1.3 | 6:32am | 11:41am | 4:50pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.8 | 8:23am | 1:15pm | 6:06pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.0 | 8:02am | 1:00pm | 5:57pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.4 | 4:14pm | 10:57pm | 5:44am | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 9:01am | 1:51pm | 6:41pm | 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 39% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — May 2060
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.