The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — October 2079
Highlights this month
- 1SunSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:34pm)
- 3TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (11:26am)
- 5ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (12:29am)
- 6FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (26° from the Sun, mag 0.0) — best evening apparition. (8:32am)
- 7SatUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:41am)
- 7SatVenus at greatest morning elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.4) — best morning apparition. (6:02pm)
- 18WedMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:11pm)
- 21SatOrionids meteor shower peaks (up to 20/hr). A thin 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 30MonMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:36am)
- 31TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (2:17am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 6:56am | 7:24pm | 12h 29m | 8:54pm | 5:26am |
| Tue 10 | 6:42am | 7:33pm | 12h 51m | 9:04pm | 5:11am |
| Fri 20 | 6:28am | 7:42pm | 13h 15m | 9:17pm | 4:53am |
| Tue 31 | 6:14am | 7:54pm | 13h 40m | 9:33pm | 4:35am |
Days lengthen by about 72 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterTue 3, 1:42pm
- Full MoonWed 11, 4:29am
- Last QuarterTue 17, 10:21pm
- New MoonWed 25, 5:25am
Apogee 2 Oct (404,800 km) · Perigee 14 Oct (366,300 km) · Apogee 30 Oct (405,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Lib | 0.3 | 7:23am | 2:30pm | 9:37pm | Evening |
| Venus | Leo | −4.3 | 4:41am | 10:15am | 3:49pm | Morning |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 5:20am | 11:05am | 4:49pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −1.9 | 11:07am | 6:29pm | 1:54am | Evening |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.4 | 12:30pm | 7:43pm | 2:59am | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.8 | 12:30pm | 7:43pm | 3:00am | Evening |
| Neptune | Cnc | 7.9 | 3:08am | 8:07am | 1:06pm | 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 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — October 2079
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 23 August 2026.