The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2066
Highlights this month
- 3MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (6:04pm)
- 6ThuEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A bright 84% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 6ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:18pm)
- 11TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (10:53am)
- 14FriVenus and Mars in conjunction — 0.6° apart. (9:24am)
- 25TueUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Scorpius (mag 5.5). (12:19am)
- 27ThuJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Scorpius (mag −2.4). (6:06am)
- 27ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (9:30pm)
- 31MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (3:40am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 30m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Mon 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 13m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Thu 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Mon 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 3, 3:00am
- Full MoonMon 10, 5:05am
- Last QuarterSun 16, 8:01pm
- New MoonMon 24, 1:38pm
Perigee 11 May (359,600 km) · Apogee 26 May (406,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | −1.4 | 8:11am | 12:59pm | 5:47pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.8 | 10:03am | 2:40pm | 7:17pm | Evening |
| Mars | Tau | 1.7 | 9:58am | 2:37pm | 7:16pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sco | −2.4 | 5:57pm | 1:12am | 8:23am | Morning |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.3 | 1:11pm | 6:22pm | 11:33pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Sco | 5.5 | 5:42pm | 12:58am | 8:10am | All night |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 10:01am | 2:49pm | 7:36pm | 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 bright 84% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — May 2066
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.