The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2139
Highlights this month
- 6WedEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A 53% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 20WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.7° apart. (10:09am)
- 20WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (8:37pm)
- 26TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (23° from the Sun, mag 0.4) — best evening apparition. (8:41am)
- 29FriSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:17am)
- 31SunJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:41am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:02pm | 5:31am |
| Sun 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 14m | 6:54pm | 5:38am |
| Wed 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Sun 31 | 7:26am | 5:09pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 6, 8:42am
- Full MoonThu 14, 11:34am
- Last QuarterThu 21, 6:10pm
- New MoonThu 28, 11:18am
Apogee 9 May (405,400 km) · Perigee 25 May (366,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | −0.6 | 8:54am | 1:33pm | 6:13pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.7 | 5:53am | 11:15am | 4:36pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | 1.3 | 6:37am | 11:46am | 4:55pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.1 | 10:42pm | 5:47am | 12:47pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.6 | 11:13pm | 6:12am | 1:07pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.4 | 3:19pm | 9:34pm | 3:54am | Evening |
| Neptune | Oph | 7.8 | 6:18pm | 1:32am | 8:43am | 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 53% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — May 2139
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 15 September 2026.