The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2065
Highlights this month
- 1FriThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (7:44pm)
- 6WedEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 12TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (4:15pm)
- 20WedUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Libra (mag 5.5). (1:44am)
- 20WedVenus at greatest morning elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best morning apparition. (1:43pm)
- 22FriMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:39am)
- 24SunThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (6:24am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 30m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Sun 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Wed 20 | 7:19am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Sun 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonTue 5, 9:32pm
- First QuarterWed 13, 8:57pm
- Full Moon SupermoonWed 20, 12:07pm
- Last QuarterWed 27, 9:44am
Apogee 5 May (406,300 km) · Perigee 19 May (357,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −1.5 | 6:33am | 11:45am | 4:56pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −4.4 | 3:26am | 9:21am | 3:16pm | Morning |
| Mars | Sgr | −0.9 | 9:02pm | 4:27am | 11:49am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Vir | −2.3 | 4:12pm | 10:49pm | 5:31am | Evening |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.2 | 12:29pm | 5:28pm | 10:28pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.5 | 5:25pm | 12:37am | 7:45am | All night |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 9:51am | 2:38pm | 7:26pm | Evening |
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 thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2065
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.