The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — February 2106
Highlights this month
- 1MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (3:06am)
- 3WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (7:12am)
- 8MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (4:11pm)
- 9TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:19am)
- 18ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:34pm)
- 23TueMars at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Leo (mag −1.2). (2:19am)
- 28SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (3:38pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 6:32am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
| Wed 10 | 6:42am | 8:25pm | 13h 43m | 10:04pm | 5:03am |
| Sat 20 | 6:53am | 8:13pm | 13h 20m | 9:48pm | 5:18am |
| Sun 28 | 7:02am | 8:02pm | 13h 00m | 9:35pm | 5:29am |
Days shorten by about 62 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonThu 4, 2:55pm
- First QuarterThu 11, 11:36pm
- Full MoonThu 18, 4:58pm
- Last QuarterFri 26, 7:01am
Perigee 15 Feb (365,600 km) · Apogee 27 Feb (404,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Aqr | 3.9 | 7:30am | 1:54pm | 8:18pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Aqr | −3.7 | 8:03am | 2:34pm | 9:04pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | −1.1 | 8:59pm | 2:23am | 7:42am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Psc | −1.9 | 10:19am | 4:13pm | 10:08pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.4 | 2:40am | 9:58am | 5:16pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Ari | 5.8 | 1:07pm | 6:20pm | 11:33pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.8 | 9:42pm | 3:44am | 9:42am | Morning |
The solar system — February 2106
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 4 September 2026.