The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2072
Highlights this month
- 4MonMercury at greatest morning elongation (28° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best morning apparition. (2:19pm)
- 5TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (10:18am)
- 5TueUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:14pm)
- 16SatThe Moon passes Mercury — 1° apart. (6:32pm)
- 21ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (8:19pm)
- 23SatLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 24% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 30SatSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Libra (mag 0.0). (6:57am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:34am | 7:12pm | 11h 38m | 8:40pm | 6:07am |
| Sun 10 | 6:43am | 5:59pm | 11h 16m | 7:27pm | 5:15am |
| Wed 20 | 6:52am | 5:45pm | 10h 53m | 7:13pm | 5:23am |
| Sat 30 | 7:01am | 5:32pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
Days shorten by about 66 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSun 3, 11:23am
- Last QuarterSun 10, 6:54pm
- New MoonMon 18, 10:03pm
- First QuarterTue 26, 2:42am
Perigee 1 Apr (362,000 km) · Apogee 13 Apr (405,300 km) · Perigee 28 Apr (367,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | −0.0 | 4:40am | 10:50am | 5:00pm | Morning |
| Venus | Psc | −3.7 | 5:58am | 11:45am | 5:32pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Gem | 0.8 | 1:53pm | 6:37pm | 11:21pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.8 | 10:09am | 3:01pm | 7:54pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.1 | 6:38pm | 1:25am | 8:08am | Morning |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 9:27pm | 4:54am | 12:17pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 12:50pm | 5:38pm | 10:26pm | 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 24% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2072
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 19 August 2026.