The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2101

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

3SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:30am)
16SatUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:55am)
23SatLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 24% Moon leaves the sky dark.
23SatThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (9:16pm)
26TueSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Virgo (mag 0.0). (4:53am)
29FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (20° from the Sun, mag 0.2) — best evening apparition. (5:07am)

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Fri 1	7:33am	7:14pm	11h 40m	8:41pm	6:06am
Sun 10	6:42am	6:00pm	11h 19m	7:28pm	5:14am
Wed 20	6:51am	5:46pm	10h 55m	7:15pm	5:23am
Sat 30	7:00am	5:34pm	10h 33m	7:03pm	5:31am

Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.

Apogee 4 Apr (405,400 km) · Perigee 16 Apr (360,800 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Ari	−1.2	7:55am	1:09pm	6:23pm	Hidden
Venus	Ari	−3.7	7:41am	1:03pm	6:24pm	Hidden
Mars	Aqr	1.0	2:19am	9:02am	3:44pm	Morning
Jupiter	Lib	−2.2	7:05pm	2:06am	9:03am	Morning
Saturn	Vir	0.1	6:27pm	1:09am	7:46am	Morning
Uranus	Psc	6.0	6:51am	12:23pm	5:55pm	Hidden
Neptune	Leo	7.8	4:17pm	10:00pm	3:47am	Evening

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 24% Moon leaves the sky dark.

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 2 September 2026.