The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2125
Highlights this month
- 1TueNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Libra (mag 7.8). (5:20am)
- 6SunEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 9% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 10ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:35am)
- 15TueThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (11:23am)
- 17ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.4° apart. (10:47pm)
- 18FriJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Libra (mag −2.4). (8:06am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:01am | 5:32pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Thu 10 | 7:10am | 5:23pm | 10h 13m | 6:54pm | 5:39am |
| Sun 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 56m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Thu 31 | 7:27am | 5:09pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonThu 3, 11:46pm
- First QuarterFri 11, 12:01am
- Full MoonThu 17, 10:02pm
- Last QuarterFri 25, 6:27pm
Perigee 11 May (369,700 km) · Apogee 25 May (404,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | −1.8 | 7:47am | 12:40pm | 5:34pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.7 | 8:58am | 1:42pm | 6:26pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | −1.2 | 3:44pm | 10:13pm | 4:46am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Lib | −2.4 | 5:25pm | 12:32am | 7:35am | All night |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.4 | 1:19pm | 6:32pm | 11:45pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Cnc | 5.6 | 12:22pm | 5:20pm | 10:18pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.8 | 4:36pm | 11:20pm | 6:08am | 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 9% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2125
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 10 September 2026.