The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — March 2157
Highlights this month
- 2WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.4) — best evening apparition. (3:50am)
- 8TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:54am)
- 18FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:23am)
- 20SunAutumn equinox.
- 21MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (1:48am)
- 21MonSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Virgo (mag 0.5). (5:12am)
- 24ThuMars is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:54pm)
- 25FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (9:51pm)
- 30WedJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:25am)
- 30WedMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:16pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:03am | 8:00pm | 12h 56m | 9:32pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 10 | 7:13am | 7:47pm | 12h 34m | 9:16pm | 5:43am |
| Sun 20 | 7:22am | 7:31pm | 12h 09m | 9:00pm | 5:54am |
| Thu 31 | 7:33am | 7:15pm | 11h 42m | 8:42pm | 6:05am |
Days shorten by about 75 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterFri 4, 9:21pm
- New MoonFri 11, 5:45pm
- First QuarterFri 18, 10:20am
- Full MoonSat 26, 12:00pm
Perigee 11 Mar (356,900 km) · Apogee 26 Mar (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | 4.9 | 7:51am | 1:42pm | 7:33pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −3.7 | 7:54am | 1:58pm | 8:02pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Lib | −0.4 | 9:58pm | 4:53am | 11:45am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −2.2 | 5:16pm | 10:12pm | 3:11am | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.5 | 7:57pm | 1:57am | 7:53am | All night |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 12:58am | 8:21am | 3:43pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 2:07am | 9:20am | 4:33pm | Morning |
The solar system — March 2157
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 29 September 2026.