The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2089
Highlights this month
- 4WedJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Libra (mag −2.4). (3:44am)
- 6FriEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 19% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 7SatThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (3:54am)
- 9MonMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:47pm)
- 13FriVenus at greatest morning elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best morning apparition. (8:56am)
- 21SatSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:00am)
- 23MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.8° apart. (2:13am)
- 24TueMercury at greatest morning elongation (25° from the Sun, mag 0.5) — best morning apparition. (9:23pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:02am | 5:31pm | 10h 30m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Tue 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Fri 20 | 7:19am | 5:14pm | 9h 55m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Tue 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 48 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 3, 5:30am
- New MoonTue 10, 8:08pm
- First QuarterTue 17, 1:05pm
- Full MoonTue 24, 8:20pm
Apogee 2 May (404,800 km) · Perigee 14 May (366,500 km) · Apogee 29 May (405,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | 1.2 | 5:20am | 10:52am | 4:24pm | Morning |
| Venus | Psc | −4.3 | 3:25am | 9:21am | 3:16pm | Morning |
| Mars | Leo | 0.9 | 1:10pm | 6:19pm | 11:29pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Lib | −2.3 | 4:38pm | 11:26pm | 6:19am | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.0 | 7:36am | 12:38pm | 5:40pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.9 | 1:12am | 7:39am | 2:06pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.9 | 1:03pm | 6:16pm | 11:30pm | 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 19% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2089
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 28 August 2026.