The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — October 2066
Highlights this month
- 3SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (26° from the Sun, mag 0.0) — best evening apparition. (8:38am)
- 7ThuNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:04am)
- 12TueVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:22am)
- 15FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:46pm)
- 21ThuOrionids meteor shower peaks (up to 20/hr). A thin 6% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 22FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (4:06pm)
- 27WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:15am)
- 30SatVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:51pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 5:55am | 6:24pm | 12h 29m | 7:54pm | 4:26am |
| Sun 10 | 6:42am | 7:33pm | 12h 51m | 9:04pm | 5:10am |
| Wed 20 | 6:27am | 7:43pm | 13h 15m | 9:17pm | 4:53am |
| Sun 31 | 6:13am | 7:54pm | 13h 41m | 9:33pm | 4:35am |
Days lengthen by about 72 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSun 3, 11:22pm
- Last QuarterMon 11, 8:47pm
- New MoonTue 19, 12:49pm
- First QuarterTue 26, 7:49am
Apogee 11 Oct (404,800 km) · Perigee 23 Oct (367,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Lib | 0.5 | 7:16am | 2:21pm | 9:25pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.6 | 5:51am | 12:36pm | 7:20pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.8 | 6:00am | 12:06pm | 6:13pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Oph | −1.6 | 9:00am | 4:14pm | 11:28pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.7 | 4:53am | 10:22am | 3:52pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Sco | 5.7 | 8:38am | 3:50pm | 11:01pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.8 | 1:16am | 6:04am | 10:51am | Morning |
Meteor showers
- Orionids — peaks 21 October, radiant in Orion (up to 20/hr). Also from Halley's Comet; Orion rides high after midnight from the south, giving a fair show. A thin 6% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — October 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 17 August 2026.