The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2138
Highlights this month
- 2FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (5:26am)
- 6TueEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 10% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 12MonThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (5:36pm)
- 13TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:59am)
- 16FriSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:03pm)
- 18SunThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (11:41am)
- 27TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (10:28am)
- 29ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (11:11am)
- 30FriNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Ophiuchus (mag 7.8). (3:55pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Sat 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 14m | 6:54pm | 5:39am |
| Tue 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Sat 31 | 7:27am | 5:09pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterFri 2, 3:02pm
- New MoonFri 9, 2:10pm
- First QuarterSat 17, 12:00pm
- Full MoonSun 25, 2:43am
- Last QuarterSat 31, 8:20pm
Perigee 2 May (369,900 km) · Apogee 16 May (404,800 km) · Perigee 28 May (366,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | −2.1 | 7:29am | 12:27pm | 5:25pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.9 | 10:23am | 2:58pm | 7:34pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 0.3 | 1:57pm | 7:26pm | 12:57am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.3 | 7:59pm | 3:23am | 10:43am | Morning |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.4 | 10:15pm | 5:24am | 12:29pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.4 | 3:07pm | 9:16pm | 3:28am | Evening |
| Neptune | Oph | 7.8 | 6:08pm | 1:22am | 8:31am | Morning |
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 thin 10% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2138
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 14 September 2026.