The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2109
Highlights this month
- 5SunMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (1:26pm)
- 6MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (8:31am)
- 6MonEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A 32% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 19SunUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:58pm)
- 20MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (1:13pm)
- 20MonMercury at greatest morning elongation (26° from the Sun, mag 0.5) — best morning apparition. (9:32pm)
- 21TueSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:31pm)
- 28TueThe Moon passes Mercury — 0.9° apart. (1:02am)
- 29WedMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:19pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:01am | 5:32pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Fri 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 14m | 6:54pm | 5:39am |
| Mon 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Fri 31 | 7:27am | 5:09pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 8, 12:01pm
- Full Moon SupermoonWed 15, 3:28am
- Last QuarterWed 22, 1:34am
- New MoonThu 30, 5:58am
Perigee 14 May (357,500 km) · Apogee 26 May (406,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | 0.8 | 5:07am | 10:43am | 4:19pm | Morning |
| Venus | Tau | −3.7 | 8:52am | 1:37pm | 6:22pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 1.4 | 7:34am | 12:31pm | 5:28pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.7 | 11:31am | 4:19pm | 9:07pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.5 | 10:39pm | 5:44am | 12:45pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.9 | 7:35am | 12:33pm | 5:30pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 3:03pm | 9:06pm | 3:14am | 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 32% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — May 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.