The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2069
Highlights this month
- 12FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (20° from the Sun, mag 0.0) — best evening apparition. (1:36pm)
- 22MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:16am)
- 23TueLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 5% Moon leaves the sky dark.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:34am | 7:13pm | 11h 38m | 8:40pm | 6:06am |
| Wed 10 | 6:42am | 5:59pm | 11h 17m | 7:27pm | 5:15am |
| Sat 20 | 6:52am | 5:45pm | 10h 54m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Tue 30 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:02pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSun 7, 2:12am
- Last QuarterMon 15, 3:31am
- New MoonSun 21, 8:01pm
- First QuarterSun 28, 3:55pm
Apogee 7 Apr (406,300 km) · Perigee 21 Apr (356,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | 0.5 | 8:29am | 1:29pm | 6:29pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.7 | 7:31am | 12:54pm | 6:18pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cap | 0.9 | 1:58am | 8:45am | 3:32pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −1.9 | 3:14am | 9:41am | 4:08pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.5 | 4:57pm | 10:54pm | 4:55am | Evening |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.6 | 8:33pm | 3:58am | 11:18am | Morning |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 12:23pm | 5:10pm | 9:58pm | Evening |
Meteor showers
- 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 thin 5% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2069
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 18 August 2026.