The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2074
Highlights this month
- 6FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (3:34pm)
- 7SatThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (3:40pm)
- 13FriMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:45pm)
- 14SatUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:33pm)
- 15SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (2:35am)
- 23MonLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 8% Moon leaves the sky dark.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 6:34am | 6:13pm | 11h 39m | 7:40pm | 5:06am |
| Tue 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 17m | 7:27pm | 5:14am |
| Fri 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 54m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Mon 30 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:02pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterThu 5, 4:42am
- Full Moon SupermoonThu 12, 4:33am
- Last QuarterWed 18, 7:27pm
- New MoonThu 26, 4:51pm
Perigee 12 Apr (358,200 km) · Apogee 27 Apr (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | −2.0 | 6:57am | 12:28pm | 5:59pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.7 | 9:05am | 2:06pm | 7:07pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cnc | 0.1 | 3:06pm | 8:10pm | 1:16am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −1.9 | 2:14pm | 7:10pm | 12:10am | Evening |
| Saturn | Sco | 0.1 | 7:56pm | 3:06am | 10:12am | Morning |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 10:08pm | 5:33am | 12:55pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 1:09pm | 5:59pm | 10:48pm | 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 8% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2074
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 20 August 2026.