The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2064
Highlights this month
- 1TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (3:07pm)
- 2WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:46am)
- 14MonMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (7:57pm)
- 23WedLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A 37% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 24ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (1:26am)
- 28MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (7:36pm)
- 30WedMercury at greatest morning elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.4) — best morning apparition. (10:13am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:34am | 7:12pm | 11h 38m | 8:40pm | 6:07am |
| Thu 10 | 6:43am | 5:59pm | 11h 16m | 7:27pm | 5:15am |
| Sun 20 | 6:52am | 5:45pm | 10h 53m | 7:13pm | 5:23am |
| Wed 30 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full Moon SupermoonWed 2, 4:36am
- Last QuarterWed 9, 12:26am
- New MoonThu 17, 5:08am
- First QuarterThu 24, 9:23pm
Perigee 1 Apr (357,100 km) · Apogee 14 Apr (406,100 km) · Perigee 29 Apr (360,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | 1.6 | 5:11am | 11:06am | 5:02pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −3.7 | 5:55am | 11:43am | 5:31pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 1.5 | 9:09am | 2:08pm | 7:08pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Vir | −2.2 | 4:54pm | 10:55pm | 5:00am | Evening |
| Saturn | Gem | 0.0 | 1:34pm | 6:23pm | 11:13pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.5 | 7:11pm | 2:20am | 9:24am | Morning |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 11:35am | 4:22pm | 9:10pm | 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 37% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — April 2064
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 16 August 2026.