The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2090
Highlights this month
- 5WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (2:29am)
- 5WedJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:49pm)
- 8SatMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:39pm)
- 18TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (4:50pm)
- 21FriMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:29am)
- 23SunLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A 35% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 28FriThe Moon passes Mercury — 0.9° apart. (1:55am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:34am | 7:13pm | 11h 39m | 8:40pm | 6:06am |
| Mon 10 | 6:42am | 5:59pm | 11h 17m | 7:27pm | 5:15am |
| Thu 20 | 6:52am | 5:45pm | 10h 54m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Sun 30 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:02pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterSat 8, 4:06am
- Full MoonFri 14, 7:20pm
- Last QuarterSat 22, 1:50am
- New MoonSun 30, 5:19am
Perigee 12 Apr (361,400 km) · Apogee 24 Apr (405,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | 3.6 | 5:53am | 11:35am | 5:17pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.7 | 9:11am | 2:11pm | 7:10pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Psc | 1.2 | 5:38am | 11:29am | 5:19pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Oph | −2.1 | 8:40pm | 4:01am | 11:19am | Morning |
| Saturn | Tau | 0.0 | 10:18am | 3:13pm | 8:08pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Aqr | 6.0 | 3:24am | 9:48am | 4:12pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.9 | 3:08pm | 8:24pm | 1:44am | Evening |
Meteor showers
- 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 35% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — April 2090
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 29 August 2026.