The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — October 2112
Highlights this month
- 4TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (2:04am)
- 4TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (26° from the Sun, mag 0.0) — best evening apparition. (2:20pm)
- 6ThuNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:16pm)
- 17MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:08am)
- 21FriOrionids meteor shower peaks (up to 20/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 24MonThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (11:05pm)
- 28FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:11pm)
- 29SatThe Moon passes Mars — 0.1° apart. (4:01am)
- 31MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (9:16am)
- 31MonJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:11pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 5:56am | 6:24pm | 12h 29m | 7:54pm | 4:26am |
| Mon 10 | 6:42am | 7:33pm | 12h 51m | 9:04pm | 5:11am |
| Thu 20 | 6:28am | 7:42pm | 13h 15m | 9:17pm | 4:53am |
| Mon 31 | 6:14am | 7:54pm | 13h 40m | 9:33pm | 4:35am |
Days lengthen by about 72 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full Moon SupermoonThu 6, 3:40am
- Last QuarterThu 13, 2:40am
- New MoonFri 21, 7:13am
- First QuarterFri 28, 10:13pm
Perigee 5 Oct (357,900 km) · Apogee 17 Oct (405,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Lib | 0.4 | 7:19am | 2:25pm | 9:31pm | Evening |
| Venus | Sco | −3.9 | 8:24am | 3:41pm | 11:00pm | Evening |
| Mars | Cap | −0.5 | 12:35pm | 7:56pm | 3:18am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 7:14am | 1:55pm | 8:36pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Aqr | 0.6 | 4:03pm | 10:35pm | 5:11am | Evening |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.6 | 11:52pm | 4:42am | 9:28am | Morning |
| Neptune | Vir | 8.0 | 6:23am | 12:37pm | 6:52pm | Hidden |
Meteor showers
- Orionids — peaks 21 October, radiant in Orion (up to 20/hr). Also from Halley's Comet; Orion rides high after midnight from the south, giving a fair show. A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — October 2112
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.