The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2096
Highlights this month
- 4WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (2:00am)
- 8SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:49pm)
- 18WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:42pm)
- 23MonLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 25WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (11:46pm)
- 29SunSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:42pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 6:34am | 6:12pm | 11h 37m | 7:39pm | 5:07am |
| Tue 10 | 6:43am | 5:59pm | 11h 16m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
| Fri 20 | 6:52am | 5:45pm | 10h 53m | 7:13pm | 5:24am |
| Mon 30 | 7:01am | 5:32pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
Days shorten by about 66 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSun 8, 4:18am
- Last QuarterMon 16, 8:19am
- New MoonMon 23, 3:49am
- First QuarterSun 29, 8:49pm
Apogee 10 Apr (406,100 km) · Perigee 23 Apr (356,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | 5.4 | 7:23am | 12:38pm | 5:53pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −3.7 | 6:08am | 11:52am | 5:36pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 1.5 | 9:26am | 2:22pm | 7:18pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.8 | 10:47am | 3:34pm | 8:22pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.3 | 3:28pm | 8:46pm | 2:08am | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 6.0 | 5:14am | 11:09am | 5:04pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.8 | 3:43pm | 9:13pm | 2:48am | 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 thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2096
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 31 August 2026.