The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2085
Highlights this month
- 6SunEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A bright 88% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 17ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:12pm)
- 27SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (9:37am)
- 28MonThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (8:47am)
- 30WedUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:39pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 30m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Thu 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Sun 20 | 7:19am | 5:14pm | 9h 55m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Thu 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 48 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 2, 6:58am
- Full MoonThu 10, 2:11am
- Last QuarterWed 16, 11:22pm
- New MoonThu 24, 12:26am
Apogee 2 May (404,700 km) · Perigee 15 May (369,500 km) · Apogee 30 May (404,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −2.0 | 7:00am | 12:04pm | 5:08pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.7 | 8:45am | 1:30pm | 6:16pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Gem | 1.6 | 11:29am | 4:13pm | 8:56pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.7 | 10:59am | 3:44pm | 8:28pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.8 | 3:44am | 9:36am | 3:29pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.9 | 11:50pm | 6:40am | 1:26pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Cnc | 7.9 | 12:36pm | 5:41pm | 10:47pm | 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 bright 88% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — May 2085
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 27 August 2026.