The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2145

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

12MonSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:11am)
18SunThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (9:30am)
23FriLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
27TueVenus at greatest morning elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.4) — best morning apparition. (11:09am)

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Thu 1	7:34am	7:13pm	11h 40m	8:41pm	6:06am
Sat 10	6:42am	6:00pm	11h 18m	7:27pm	5:14am
Tue 20	6:51am	5:46pm	10h 55m	7:14pm	5:23am
Fri 30	7:01am	5:33pm	10h 33m	7:03pm	5:31am

Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.

Perigee 9 Apr (360,000 km) · Apogee 24 Apr (406,100 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Psc	−0.4	5:06am	11:10am	5:13pm	Hidden
Venus	Aqr	−4.5	3:05am	9:29am	3:54pm	Morning
Mars	Tau	1.5	10:28am	3:14pm	8:00pm	Evening
Jupiter	Cnc	−1.9	2:00pm	6:53pm	11:45pm	Evening
Saturn	Psc	0.5	6:32am	12:13pm	5:54pm	Hidden
Uranus	Lib	5.4	6:34pm	1:30am	8:21am	Morning
Neptune	Oph	7.9	9:07pm	4:27am	11:44am	Morning

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 thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.

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 17 September 2026.