The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2061
Highlights this month
- 2SatMars at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Virgo (mag −1.4). (11:52pm)
- 5TueThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (1:17am)
- 10SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:51pm)
- 23SatLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 14% Moon leaves the sky dark.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:34am | 7:13pm | 11h 39m | 8:40pm | 6:06am |
| Sun 10 | 6:42am | 5:59pm | 11h 17m | 7:27pm | 5:15am |
| Wed 20 | 6:52am | 5:45pm | 10h 54m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Sat 30 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:02pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 5, 7:50am
- Last QuarterWed 13, 12:15pm
- New MoonWed 20, 1:07pm
- First QuarterWed 27, 3:53am
Apogee 9 Apr (405,800 km) · Perigee 21 Apr (358,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −1.8 | 7:13am | 12:39pm | 6:05pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.7 | 7:27am | 12:52pm | 6:16pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | −1.3 | 5:13pm | 11:18pm | 5:28am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.8 | 12:03pm | 4:46pm | 9:29pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.0 | 10:44am | 3:36pm | 8:27pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.4 | 6:29pm | 1:24am | 8:14am | Morning |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 11:06am | 3:55pm | 8:45pm | 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 14% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2061
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.