The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2128
Highlights this month
- 14WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.9° apart. (7:24am)
- 16FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (20° from the Sun, mag 0.0) — best evening apparition. (6:03pm)
- 23FriLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A 36% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 24SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (10:06pm)
- 26MonUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:38pm)
- 26MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:40pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:34am | 7:13pm | 11h 39m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Sat 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 17m | 7:27pm | 5:14am |
| Tue 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 54m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Fri 30 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterThu 8, 8:24am
- Full MoonThu 15, 7:21pm
- Last QuarterThu 22, 10:51am
- New MoonThu 29, 10:05pm
Apogee 6 Apr (405,000 km) · Perigee 18 Apr (364,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −0.1 | 8:31am | 1:32pm | 6:33pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −3.8 | 6:18am | 12:00pm | 5:43pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 1.5 | 9:43am | 2:36pm | 7:30pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −1.9 | 2:33am | 9:10am | 3:47pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.5 | 5:04pm | 11:04pm | 5:08am | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.4 | 3:01pm | 8:12pm | 1:27am | Evening |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 6:54pm | 1:50am | 8:42am | 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 36% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — April 2128
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 12 September 2026.