The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2068
Highlights this month
- 6SunThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (1:29am)
- 6SunEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 23% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 11FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:53pm)
- 19SatSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:44pm)
- 21MonVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:39am)
- 22TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:13pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:02am | 5:31pm | 10h 29m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Thu 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Sun 20 | 7:19am | 5:14pm | 9h 55m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Thu 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 48 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonWed 2, 4:09am
- First QuarterWed 9, 2:51pm
- Full MoonThu 17, 3:37pm
- Last QuarterThu 24, 6:07pm
- New MoonThu 31, 2:06pm
Apogee 11 May (405,100 km) · Perigee 26 May (368,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 4.1 | 8:10am | 12:58pm | 5:47pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.6 | 8:13am | 12:51pm | 5:29pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Gem | 1.7 | 10:56am | 3:36pm | 8:15pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.1 | 11:01pm | 6:01am | 12:57pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.7 | 2:21pm | 8:01pm | 1:44am | Evening |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.5 | 6:13pm | 1:35am | 8:53am | Morning |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 10:18am | 3:05pm | 7:52pm | 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 23% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2068
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.