The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2134
Highlights this month
- 3MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (2:43am)
- 6ThuEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A bright 94% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 8SatMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:05pm)
- 11TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (3:56am)
- 19WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:57am)
- 21FriNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Libra (mag 7.8). (3:20pm)
- 21FriThe Moon passes Venus — 0.2° apart. (5:32pm)
- 26WedUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:29am)
- 29SatThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (3:27am)
- 30SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (11:18am)
- 31MonMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:36pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Mon 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 14m | 6:54pm | 5:39am |
| Thu 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Mon 31 | 7:27am | 5:09pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterSun 2, 1:30am
- Full MoonSat 8, 8:11pm
- Last QuarterSun 16, 12:43pm
- New MoonMon 24, 9:19am
- First QuarterMon 31, 6:21am
Perigee 4 May (367,600 km) · Apogee 16 May (404,800 km) · Perigee 30 May (369,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 5.9 | 7:46am | 12:40pm | 5:34pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −3.7 | 4:25am | 10:08am | 3:51pm | Morning |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.4 | 12:15pm | 5:06pm | 9:57pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.8 | 1:27pm | 6:45pm | 12:07am | Evening |
| Saturn | Oph | −0.0 | 6:46pm | 2:04am | 9:17am | Morning |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.4 | 2:20pm | 8:04pm | 1:53am | Evening |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.8 | 5:38pm | 12:45am | 7:48am | All night |
Meteor showers
- Eta Aquariids — peaks 6 May, radiant in Aquarius (up to 50/hr). Debris of Halley's Comet and one of the best showers of the year from the south — swift meteors in the pre-dawn eastern sky. A bright 94% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — May 2134
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.