The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2157

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

6FriEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 11% Moon leaves the sky dark.
14SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (9:34pm)
24TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:07pm)
30MonSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:33pm)

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Sun 1	7:02am	5:32pm	10h 30m	7:02pm	5:32am
Tue 10	7:10am	5:23pm	10h 13m	6:53pm	5:39am
Fri 20	7:18am	5:14pm	9h 56m	6:47pm	5:46am
Tue 31	7:27am	5:08pm	9h 42m	6:42pm	5:53am

Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.

Perigee 7 May (360,500 km) · Apogee 19 May (405,500 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Ari	−1.3	6:20am	11:35am	4:50pm	Hidden
Venus	Tau	−3.7	9:10am	1:52pm	6:35pm	Hidden
Mars	Vir	−1.5	4:14pm	10:57pm	5:46am	Evening
Jupiter	Cnc	−1.8	12:25pm	5:24pm	10:22pm	Evening
Saturn	Vir	0.8	2:48pm	8:39pm	2:35am	Evening
Uranus	Sgr	5.6	7:54pm	3:20am	10:43am	Morning
Neptune	Sgr	7.9	9:05pm	4:21am	11:34am	Morning

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 thin 11% 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 29 September 2026.