The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2121
Highlights this month
- 14MonThe Moon passes Venus — 1° apart. (1:43pm)
- 22TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (6:46am)
- 22TueNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Virgo (mag 7.8). (7:44am)
- 23WedLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A 37% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 24ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.1° apart. (1:04am)
- 24ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (20° from the Sun, mag 0.1) — best evening apparition. (10:44am)
- 26SatThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (2:49am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:33am | 7:13pm | 11h 40m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Thu 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 18m | 7:28pm | 5:14am |
| Sun 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 55m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Wed 30 | 7:00am | 5:34pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 3, 2:34pm
- Last QuarterFri 11, 3:26am
- New MoonThu 17, 6:35pm
- First QuarterFri 25, 1:54am
Perigee 15 Apr (361,600 km) · Apogee 27 Apr (405,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −0.9 | 8:14am | 1:22pm | 6:29pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Aqr | −4.6 | 3:11am | 9:33am | 3:55pm | Morning |
| Mars | Cnc | 0.2 | 2:56pm | 7:56pm | 12:58am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.9 | 1:30pm | 6:17pm | 11:05pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.0 | 11:56am | 4:42pm | 9:28pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.6 | 1:14pm | 5:59pm | 10:44pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.8 | 6:11pm | 12:50am | 7:26am | All night |
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 37% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — April 2121
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.