The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — March 2067

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

Highlights this month

  • 4FriMars and Jupiter in conjunction — 0.6° apart. (5:11am)
  • 8TueMercury at greatest morning elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.1) — best morning apparition. (4:04am)
  • 10ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.9° apart. (2:53pm)
  • 10ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (8:42pm)
  • 12SatNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:01pm)
  • 13SunThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (4:18am)
  • 15TueUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:06am)
  • 20SunAutumn equinox.

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Tue 17:03am8:00pm12h 57m9:32pm5:31am
Thu 107:13am7:47pm12h 34m9:17pm5:42am
Sun 207:22am7:32pm12h 09m9:00pm5:54am
Thu 317:33am7:15pm11h 42m8:42pm6:05am

Days shorten by about 75 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • Full MoonTue 1, 3:46pm
  • Last QuarterWed 9, 3:22am
  • New MoonTue 15, 7:25pm
  • First QuarterWed 23, 5:48am
  • Full MoonThu 31, 7:13am

Perigee 13 Mar (363,300 km) · Apogee 25 Mar (405,100 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercuryAqr0.05:06am11:53am6:39pmMorning
VenusCap−3.84:22am11:16am6:09pmMorning
MarsSgr0.91:36am8:58am4:19pmMorning
JupiterSgr−1.81:12am8:31am3:51pmMorning
SaturnLeo0.26:55pm12:26am5:52amEvening
UranusOph5.611:05pm6:24am1:40pmMorning
NeptuneGem7.83:07pm7:54pm12:45amEvening

The solar system — March 2067

Evening sky Morning sky Up much of the night Lost in the Sun’s glare

Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 17 August 2026.