The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2120
Highlights this month
- 2ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (12:32am)
- 6MonEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A 54% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 9ThuVenus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:43pm)
- 12SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (21° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (3:57am)
- 24FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:29pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Fri 10 | 7:10am | 5:23pm | 10h 13m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Mon 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Fri 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 6, 5:30am
- Full MoonMon 13, 7:17pm
- Last QuarterMon 20, 12:29pm
- New MoonMon 27, 7:22pm
Apogee 5 May (404,800 km) · Perigee 17 May (366,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 0.7 | 9:06am | 1:43pm | 6:21pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.8 | 7:22am | 12:23pm | 5:24pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Psc | 1.2 | 4:32am | 10:11am | 3:49pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.7 | 9:55am | 2:38pm | 7:22pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.0 | 9:13am | 2:02pm | 6:51pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.7 | 11:02am | 3:46pm | 8:30pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 4:04pm | 10:36pm | 5:12am | 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 54% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — May 2120
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 9 September 2026.