The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2132
Highlights this month
- 4FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.1° apart. (9:53pm)
- 7MonMars and Jupiter in conjunction — 2° apart. (1:39pm)
- 12SatVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:18am)
- 20SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.3° apart. (1:28pm)
- 20SunThe Moon passes Mars — 0.8° apart. (11:17pm)
- 23WedLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A 57% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:34am | 7:13pm | 11h 39m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Thu 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 17m | 7:27pm | 5:14am |
| Sun 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 54m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Wed 30 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 1, 3:50am
- Last QuarterWed 9, 6:54am
- New MoonWed 16, 11:14am
- First QuarterWed 23, 2:27am
- Full MoonWed 30, 6:23pm
Apogee 5 Apr (405,400 km) · Perigee 17 Apr (360,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | −0.5 | 5:17am | 11:17am | 5:18pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −4.4 | 9:14am | 1:52pm | 6:31pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 1.4 | 12:07pm | 4:44pm | 9:21pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.8 | 11:45am | 4:29pm | 9:12pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.1 | 7:24pm | 2:26am | 9:24am | Morning |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.4 | 3:53pm | 9:26pm | 3:03am | Evening |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 7:22pm | 2:26am | 9:26am | 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 57% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — April 2132
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.