The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2082
Highlights this month
- 5TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:12pm)
- 6WedEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A 55% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 18MonMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:47am)
- 18MonUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:27pm)
- 19TueThe Moon passes Mars — 0.9° apart. (1:14am)
- 20WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (5:45pm)
- 31SunThe Moon passes Venus — 1° apart. (8:30am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 30m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Sun 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 13m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Wed 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Sun 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 6, 5:10am
- Full MoonTue 12, 7:46pm
- Last QuarterTue 19, 11:04pm
- New MoonThu 28, 2:54am
Perigee 11 May (359,700 km) · Apogee 23 May (405,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | 3.1 | 6:03am | 11:23am | 4:43pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.8 | 10:08am | 2:44pm | 7:21pm | Evening |
| Mars | Cap | −0.2 | 11:00pm | 6:03am | 1:05pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Psc | −1.9 | 4:30am | 10:08am | 3:47pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Aqr | 0.9 | 12:56am | 7:30am | 2:03pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.8 | 10:51pm | 5:54am | 12:53pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Cnc | 7.9 | 12:16pm | 5:16pm | 10:16pm | 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 55% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — May 2082
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 26 August 2026.