The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — October 2068
Highlights this month
- 2TueMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:57am)
- 2TueMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:14am)
- 2TueJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:40pm)
- 9TueMercury at greatest morning elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.5) — best morning apparition. (1:12pm)
- 11ThuNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:28am)
- 21SunOrionids meteor shower peaks (up to 20/hr). A thin 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 5:55am | 6:25pm | 12h 30m | 7:55pm | 4:25am |
| Wed 10 | 6:41am | 7:33pm | 12h 52m | 9:05pm | 5:09am |
| Sat 20 | 6:27am | 7:43pm | 13h 16m | 9:18pm | 4:52am |
| Wed 31 | 6:13am | 7:55pm | 13h 42m | 9:34pm | 4:34am |
Days lengthen by about 72 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterThu 4, 8:28pm
- Full Moon SupermoonThu 11, 12:46pm
- Last QuarterThu 18, 11:00am
- New MoonFri 26, 3:16pm
Perigee 11 Oct (357,500 km) · Apogee 23 Oct (406,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Vir | −0.9 | 6:04am | 12:09pm | 6:15pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.8 | 5:15am | 10:59am | 4:44pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.7 | 6:27am | 12:50pm | 7:14pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.2 | 1:14pm | 8:20pm | 3:30am | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.9 | 5:51am | 11:47am | 5:44pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.7 | 9:06am | 4:24pm | 11:41pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.8 | 1:33am | 6:21am | 11:09am | 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 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — October 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.