The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2147
Highlights this month
- 6SatEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A 35% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 10WedSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:02am)
- 11ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:21pm)
- 11ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.6° apart. (9:49pm)
- 12FriUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Libra (mag 5.4). (4:12pm)
- 22MonMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:59pm)
- 28SunJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:39pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Wed 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 14m | 6:54pm | 5:38am |
| Sat 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Wed 31 | 7:26am | 5:09pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 8, 5:59am
- Full MoonTue 16, 1:25am
- Last QuarterMon 22, 9:40pm
- New MoonMon 29, 11:31pm
Apogee 8 May (404,700 km) · Perigee 21 May (369,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 4.0 | 8:11am | 12:59pm | 5:47pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.7 | 5:56am | 11:17am | 4:38pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Gem | 1.7 | 11:02am | 3:42pm | 8:22pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −2.0 | 2:55pm | 8:53pm | 2:56am | Evening |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.1 | 6:50am | 12:01pm | 5:12pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.4 | 5:03pm | 12:07am | 7:07am | All night |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 7:27pm | 2:48am | 10:05am | 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 35% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — May 2147
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 19 September 2026.