The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — October 2125
Highlights this month
- 1MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (12:48pm)
- 7SunVenus and Jupiter in conjunction — 5° apart. (8:23am)
- 7SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (26° from the Sun, mag 0.0) — best evening apparition. (2:14pm)
- 19FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:30pm)
- 21SunOrionids meteor shower peaks (up to 20/hr). A 37% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 29MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (9:14am)
- 31WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:31am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 5:56am | 6:24pm | 12h 28m | 7:54pm | 4:26am |
| Wed 10 | 6:42am | 7:32pm | 12h 50m | 9:04pm | 5:11am |
| Sat 20 | 6:28am | 7:42pm | 13h 14m | 9:17pm | 4:54am |
| Wed 31 | 6:14am | 7:54pm | 13h 40m | 9:32pm | 4:36am |
Days lengthen by about 72 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterThu 4, 6:14pm
- Full MoonFri 12, 11:27pm
- Last QuarterSat 20, 12:58pm
- New MoonSat 27, 4:33am
Apogee 9 Oct (405,800 km) · Perigee 25 Oct (362,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Lib | 0.2 | 7:25am | 2:32pm | 9:40pm | Evening |
| Venus | Sco | −4.6 | 8:30am | 4:03pm | 11:37pm | Evening |
| Mars | Sgr | 0.7 | 10:02am | 5:32pm | 1:02am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sco | −1.6 | 8:36am | 3:44pm | 10:53pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.7 | 4:59am | 10:31am | 4:03pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Cnc | 5.6 | 3:45am | 8:50am | 1:55pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Lib | 8.0 | 7:36am | 2:21pm | 9:06pm | 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 37% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — October 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 11 September 2026.