The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2153
Highlights this month
- 2WedThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (11:47pm)
- 6SunEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A bright 94% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 10ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (21° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (8:23am)
- 20SunThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (4:29am)
- 20SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.9° apart. (4:30am)
- 22TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:02pm)
- 24ThuVenus and Jupiter in conjunction — 0.8° apart. (6:49am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Thu 10 | 7:10am | 5:23pm | 10h 13m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Sun 20 | 7:18am | 5:14pm | 9h 56m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Thu 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 2, 3:25am
- Full MoonTue 8, 6:20pm
- Last QuarterTue 15, 5:49pm
- New MoonWed 23, 10:27pm
- First QuarterThu 31, 11:12am
Perigee 7 May (358,000 km) · Apogee 20 May (405,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 1.0 | 9:02am | 1:40pm | 6:18pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −4.1 | 3:29am | 9:25am | 3:20pm | Morning |
| Mars | Leo | 0.6 | 1:35pm | 6:54pm | 12:15am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Psc | −1.9 | 4:09am | 9:53am | 3:37pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.2 | 12:18pm | 5:15pm | 10:12pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.5 | 6:38pm | 2:03am | 9:23am | Morning |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 8:24pm | 3:44am | 10:59am | 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 bright 94% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — May 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.