The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2069
Highlights this month
- 2ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:01pm)
- 6MonEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 11SatMars and Jupiter in conjunction — 0.7° apart. (10:46pm)
- 14TueMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (11:44pm)
- 29WedMercury at greatest morning elongation (25° from the Sun, mag 0.5) — best morning apparition. (9:28pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 30m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Fri 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Mon 20 | 7:19am | 5:14pm | 9h 55m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Fri 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonMon 6, 7:13pm
- Last QuarterTue 14, 1:20pm
- New MoonTue 21, 4:06am
- First QuarterTue 28, 6:10am
Apogee 4 May (406,200 km) · Perigee 19 May (359,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | 2.2 | 5:43am | 11:09am | 4:34pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.7 | 8:38am | 1:25pm | 6:12pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Aqr | 0.7 | 1:51am | 8:12am | 2:32pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −2.0 | 1:43am | 8:03am | 2:24pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.8 | 2:55pm | 8:50pm | 2:49am | Evening |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.5 | 6:32pm | 1:56am | 9:16am | Morning |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 10:28am | 3:16pm | 8:03pm | 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 bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — May 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.