The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2110
Highlights this month
- 1TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (7:36am)
- 1TueMars is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:59pm)
- 4FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:43pm)
- 8TueThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (3:54am)
- 13SunJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:52pm)
- 14MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (6:46am)
- 16WedThe Moon passes Venus — 0.1° apart. (1:57am)
- 17ThuMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (1:57am)
- 23WedLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 15% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 28MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (3:37pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:33am | 7:14pm | 11h 41m | 8:42pm | 6:05am |
| Thu 10 | 6:42am | 6:01pm | 11h 19m | 7:28pm | 5:14am |
| Sun 20 | 6:51am | 5:47pm | 10h 56m | 7:15pm | 5:22am |
| Wed 30 | 7:00am | 5:34pm | 10h 34m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSat 5, 12:24pm
- Last QuarterSat 12, 2:41am
- New MoonSat 19, 2:59pm
- First QuarterSun 27, 6:57pm
Perigee 7 Apr (363,600 km) · Apogee 23 Apr (405,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | 2.1 | 5:23am | 11:15am | 5:08pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Aqr | −3.9 | 3:23am | 9:49am | 4:15pm | Morning |
| Mars | Lib | −1.2 | 7:12pm | 2:16am | 9:16am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −2.0 | 2:58pm | 8:06pm | 1:17am | Evening |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.7 | 1:31am | 8:23am | 3:15pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.8 | 9:46am | 2:41pm | 7:37pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.8 | 5:09pm | 11:16pm | 5:27am | 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 thin 15% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2110
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.