The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2107
Highlights this month
- 6FriEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 10TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (21° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (2:31am)
- 11WedUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:36pm)
- 12ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (11:46am)
- 19ThuJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:06pm)
- 22SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:52am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 15m | 6:54pm | 5:38am |
| Fri 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:45am |
| Tue 31 | 7:26am | 5:09pm | 9h 43m | 6:42pm | 5:52am |
Days shorten by about 50 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSat 7, 2:46pm
- Last QuarterSun 15, 12:02pm
- New MoonMon 23, 3:35am
- First QuarterSun 29, 8:57pm
Perigee 1 May (369,900 km) · Apogee 14 May (404,800 km) · Perigee 26 May (367,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 1.0 | 9:00am | 1:39pm | 6:17pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.7 | 5:41am | 11:06am | 4:30pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | 1.3 | 6:21am | 11:33am | 4:46pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.8 | 7:29am | 12:30pm | 5:30pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.2 | 8:50pm | 4:09am | 11:24am | Morning |
| Uranus | Ari | 5.9 | 6:58am | 12:03pm | 5:08pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 2:54pm | 8:52pm | 2:54am | 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 bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — May 2107
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.