The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2084
Highlights this month
- 6SatEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 16TueVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:06pm)
- 26FriUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:55am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:02am | 5:31pm | 10h 29m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Wed 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Sat 20 | 7:19am | 5:14pm | 9h 55m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Wed 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 48 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonFri 5, 5:32am
- First QuarterSat 13, 9:45am
- Full MoonSat 20, 12:44pm
- Last QuarterSat 27, 3:37am
Apogee 9 May (405,500 km) · Perigee 21 May (360,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −0.5 | 5:36am | 11:03am | 4:30pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.2 | 7:35am | 12:20pm | 5:05pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Aqr | 0.5 | 1:11am | 7:41am | 2:12pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.8 | 9:00am | 1:47pm | 6:34pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Psc | 1.0 | 2:47am | 8:53am | 2:59pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.8 | 11:30pm | 6:24am | 1:14pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Cnc | 7.9 | 12:28pm | 5:32pm | 10:35pm | 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 thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2084
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.