The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2067

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

7ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (12:25am)
8FriThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (10:10am)
20WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:33pm)
23SatLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A bright 66% Moon interferes badly this year.
30SatJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:40am)

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Fri 1	7:34am	7:13pm	11h 40m	8:41pm	6:06am
Sun 10	6:42am	6:00pm	11h 18m	7:28pm	5:14am
Wed 20	6:51am	5:46pm	10h 55m	7:14pm	5:23am
Sat 30	7:00am	5:33pm	10h 33m	7:03pm	5:31am

Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.

Perigee 9 Apr (368,500 km) · Apogee 21 Apr (404,700 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Psc	−1.5	6:17am	12:00pm	5:43pm	Hidden
Venus	Psc	−3.7	4:26am	10:37am	4:48pm	Morning
Mars	Cap	0.6	12:16am	7:25am	2:33pm	Morning
Jupiter	Sgr	−2.0	10:19pm	5:41am	1:00pm	Morning
Saturn	Leo	0.4	3:48pm	9:13pm	2:42am	Evening
Uranus	Oph	5.5	8:01pm	3:21am	10:37am	Morning
Neptune	Gem	7.9	12:07pm	4:54pm	9:40pm	Evening

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 bright 66% Moon interferes badly this year.

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.