The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2158

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

Highlights this month

  • 3MonSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Virgo (mag 0.3). (5:11am)
  • 10MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (2:34am)
  • 16SunUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:40am)
  • 23SunLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A 36% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
  • 25TueNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:29pm)

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Sat 17:34am7:13pm11h 40m8:41pm6:06am
Mon 106:42am6:00pm11h 18m7:28pm5:14am
Thu 206:51am5:46pm10h 55m7:14pm5:23am
Sun 307:00am5:34pm10h 33m7:03pm5:31am

Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • First QuarterThu 6, 8:57am
  • Full MoonFri 14, 3:59am
  • Last QuarterSat 22, 7:14am
  • New MoonSat 29, 2:42am

Apogee 16 Apr (406,200 km) · Perigee 29 Apr (356,800 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercuryPsc−0.34:57am11:03am5:09pmMorning
VenusAqr−3.93:36am9:59am4:22pmMorning
MarsAri1.58:46am1:51pm6:55pmHidden
JupiterLeo−2.13:47pm9:14pm2:46amEvening
SaturnVir0.35:25pm11:34pm5:47amEvening
UranusSgr5.710:14pm5:40am1:01pmMorning
NeptuneSgr7.911:15pm6:30am1:41pmMorning

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 36% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.

The solar system — April 2158

Evening sky Morning sky Up much of the night Lost in the Sun’s glare

Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 30 September 2026.