The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2111
Highlights this month
- 2SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.5° apart. (9:17pm)
- 6WedEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 11MonVenus at greatest evening elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (1:30am)
- 15FriJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (7:24pm)
- 18MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (8:14am)
- 24SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:23am)
- 29FriUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:34am)
- 30SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.8° apart. (4:49am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:02pm | 5:31am |
| Sun 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 14m | 6:54pm | 5:38am |
| Wed 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:45am |
| Sun 31 | 7:26am | 5:09pm | 9h 43m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 50 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterFri 1, 5:37am
- New MoonFri 8, 9:24am
- First QuarterSat 16, 11:15am
- Full MoonSat 23, 8:00pm
- Last QuarterSat 30, 11:35am
Apogee 14 May (405,100 km) · Perigee 26 May (363,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −1.3 | 6:20am | 11:36am | 4:52pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.4 | 11:00am | 3:32pm | 8:03pm | Evening |
| Mars | Tau | 1.6 | 8:44am | 1:30pm | 6:16pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Leo | −2.0 | 2:24pm | 8:06pm | 1:52am | Evening |
| Saturn | Aqr | 0.8 | 12:38am | 7:16am | 1:55pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.8 | 8:17am | 1:08pm | 5:59pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 3:16pm | 9:25pm | 3:37am | 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 thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2111
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 6 September 2026.