The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2153
Highlights this month
- 4WedSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (4:26am)
- 13FriMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:50am)
- 14SatNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:55am)
- 23MonLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 25WedVenus at greatest morning elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.4) — best morning apparition. (12:54am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 6:34am | 6:13pm | 11h 39m | 7:41pm | 5:06am |
| Tue 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 18m | 7:27pm | 5:14am |
| Fri 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 54m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Mon 30 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 2, 4:07pm
- Full Moon SupermoonMon 9, 9:57am
- Last QuarterMon 16, 4:07am
- New MoonTue 24, 6:22am
Perigee 9 Apr (356,700 km) · Apogee 22 Apr (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | −2.0 | 6:59am | 12:30pm | 6:00pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Aqr | −4.5 | 3:03am | 9:28am | 3:53pm | Morning |
| Mars | Leo | 0.1 | 3:13pm | 8:19pm | 1:28am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Psc | −1.9 | 5:34am | 11:26am | 5:18pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.0 | 2:12pm | 7:07pm | 12:07am | Evening |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.6 | 8:39pm | 4:04am | 11:25am | Morning |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 10:23pm | 5:43am | 12:58pm | Morning |
Meteor showers
- 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 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2153
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 25 September 2026.