The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — October 2131
Highlights this month
- 9TueThe Moon passes Mars — 1° apart. (9:36am)
- 12FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.1° apart. (10:30am)
- 14SunMercury and Saturn in conjunction — 5° apart. (2:02pm)
- 15MonVenus and Saturn in conjunction — 2° apart. (12:24am)
- 18ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (25° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best evening apparition. (8:13am)
- 20SatJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:45am)
- 21SunOrionids meteor shower peaks (up to 20/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 24WedThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (1:49am)
- 30TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:55am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 5:57am | 6:24pm | 12h 27m | 7:53pm | 4:27am |
| Wed 10 | 6:43am | 7:32pm | 12h 49m | 9:03pm | 5:12am |
| Sat 20 | 6:28am | 7:42pm | 13h 13m | 9:16pm | 4:54am |
| Wed 31 | 6:14am | 7:53pm | 13h 39m | 9:32pm | 4:36am |
Days lengthen by about 72 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSun 7, 4:17am
- Last QuarterSat 13, 7:05pm
- New MoonSun 21, 2:25pm
- First QuarterMon 29, 6:31pm
Perigee 8 Oct (358,700 km) · Apogee 23 Oct (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Lib | −0.1 | 7:31am | 2:38pm | 9:45pm | Evening |
| Venus | Lib | −3.7 | 7:43am | 2:41pm | 9:39pm | Evening |
| Mars | Ari | −2.2 | 9:23pm | 2:43am | 7:58am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Gem | −2.2 | 1:08am | 5:53am | 10:37am | Morning |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.5 | 7:52am | 2:41pm | 9:30pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 5:01am | 10:37am | 4:12pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Lib | 8.0 | 8:15am | 3:13pm | 10:11pm | Evening |
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 thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — October 2131
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 13 September 2026.