The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2109
Highlights this month
- 4ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best evening apparition. (7:56am)
- 13SatMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:12am)
- 23TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (4:28am)
- 23TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:41am)
- 23TueLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A 38% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:33am | 7:14pm | 11h 40m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Wed 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 18m | 7:28pm | 5:14am |
| Sat 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 55m | 7:15pm | 5:23am |
| Tue 30 | 7:00am | 5:34pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterTue 9, 12:14am
- Full Moon SupermoonMon 15, 7:35pm
- Last QuarterMon 22, 12:20pm
- New MoonTue 30, 2:22pm
Apogee 2 Apr (406,200 km) · Perigee 15 Apr (356,800 km) · Apogee 29 Apr (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | 3.0 | 7:53am | 1:01pm | 6:08pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.7 | 7:44am | 1:05pm | 6:26pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | 1.3 | 7:42am | 1:02pm | 6:21pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.9 | 1:14pm | 5:59pm | 10:45pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.6 | 12:36am | 7:38am | 2:40pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.8 | 9:25am | 2:24pm | 7:23pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.8 | 5:02pm | 11:06pm | 5:15am | 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 38% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — April 2109
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 5 September 2026.