The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2129
Highlights this month
- 5TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 1° apart. (12:09pm)
- 7ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:10pm)
- 8FriSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Virgo (mag 0.2). (1:52pm)
- 12TueThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (7:55am)
- 15FriThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (5:32pm)
- 17SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (7:26am)
- 18MonMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:29am)
- 23SatLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 30SatMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:45am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:34am | 7:13pm | 11h 40m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Sun 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 18m | 7:28pm | 5:14am |
| Wed 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 55m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Sat 30 | 7:00am | 5:33pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 5, 5:46am
- Last QuarterTue 12, 8:03am
- New MoonTue 19, 4:45am
- First QuarterTue 26, 11:23pm
Perigee 14 Apr (368,700 km) · Apogee 26 Apr (404,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | 6.0 | 7:15am | 12:33pm | 5:50pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Aqr | −4.5 | 3:08am | 9:31am | 3:54pm | Morning |
| Mars | Sgr | 0.2 | 11:10pm | 6:29am | 1:48pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Psc | −1.9 | 4:54am | 10:57am | 4:59pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.2 | 5:39pm | 11:59pm | 6:15am | All night |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.4 | 3:15pm | 8:31pm | 1:52am | Evening |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 7:02pm | 2:00am | 8:54am | 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 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2129
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.