The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2080

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

10WedNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:10am)
14SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (11:24am)
14SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (5:26pm)
22MonMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:50am)
23TueLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Mon 1	7:34am	7:12pm	11h 38m	8:40pm	6:07am
Wed 10	6:43am	5:59pm	11h 16m	7:26pm	5:15am
Sat 20	6:52am	5:45pm	10h 53m	7:13pm	5:23am
Tue 30	7:01am	5:32pm	10h 31m	7:02pm	5:32am

Days shorten by about 66 minutes over the month.

Apogee 12 Apr (404,700 km) · Perigee 24 Apr (368,600 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Psc	−1.4	6:08am	11:53am	5:38pm	Hidden
Venus	Psc	−3.7	6:01am	11:48am	5:33pm	Hidden
Mars	Sgr	−0.5	9:09pm	4:35am	11:58am	Morning
Jupiter	Cap	−1.9	1:09am	8:04am	2:59pm	Morning
Saturn	Cap	0.6	12:54am	7:52am	2:50pm	Morning
Uranus	Cap	5.8	12:09am	7:16am	2:23pm	Morning
Neptune	Cnc	7.9	1:56pm	6:52pm	11:49pm	Evening

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 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.

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 25 August 2026.