The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2114
Highlights this month
- 2WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (21° from the Sun, mag 0.2) — best evening apparition. (5:32am)
- 2WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (11:36pm)
- 6SunEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 7MonThe Moon passes Venus — 0.7° apart. (11:06pm)
- 13SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:13pm)
- 22TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (1:11pm)
- 24ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:14pm)
- 27SunThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (3:18pm)
- 30WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (1:32pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:02pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 14m | 6:54pm | 5:38am |
| Sun 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Thu 31 | 7:26am | 5:09pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSat 5, 11:42am
- First QuarterSat 12, 4:15am
- Full MoonSun 20, 3:50am
- Last QuarterMon 28, 3:23am
Perigee 5 May (357,100 km) · Apogee 20 May (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 3.2 | 8:24am | 1:09pm | 5:55pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.8 | 10:16am | 2:52pm | 7:28pm | Evening |
| Mars | Cap | −0.0 | 11:35pm | 6:31am | 1:25pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.3 | 7:17pm | 2:41am | 10:01am | Morning |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.9 | 3:25am | 9:23am | 3:21pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.8 | 9:14am | 1:58pm | 6:43pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 3:32pm | 9:48pm | 4:09am | 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 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2114
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 7 September 2026.