The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2126
Highlights this month
- 13SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (8:25am)
- 17WedUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:05pm)
- 19FriThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (1:45pm)
- 20SatJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:15am)
- 23TueLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 24WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:44pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:33am | 7:14pm | 11h 40m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Wed 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 19m | 7:28pm | 5:14am |
| Sat 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 55m | 7:15pm | 5:23am |
| Tue 30 | 7:00am | 5:34pm | 10h 34m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 1, 11:38am
- Full Moon SupermoonMon 8, 2:10am
- Last QuarterSun 14, 11:49pm
- New MoonTue 23, 4:16am
- First QuarterTue 30, 8:05pm
Perigee 7 Apr (357,200 km) · Apogee 20 Apr (406,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | −1.2 | 5:56am | 11:46am | 5:36pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Aqr | −3.9 | 3:27am | 9:52am | 4:17pm | Morning |
| Mars | Ari | 1.5 | 8:29am | 1:37pm | 6:46pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.1 | 9:39pm | 5:03am | 12:23pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.4 | 3:56pm | 9:23pm | 2:55am | Evening |
| Uranus | Cnc | 5.5 | 2:35pm | 7:36pm | 12:41am | Evening |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.8 | 6:43pm | 1:35am | 8:22am | Morning |
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 thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2126
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.