The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2162
Highlights this month
- 3SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.1° apart. (11:29pm)
- 6TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:51am)
- 7WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (12:01am)
- 16FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:37am)
- 19MonThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (6:16pm)
- 23FriLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A 57% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 28WedMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (1:13pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:34am | 7:13pm | 11h 40m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Sat 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 18m | 7:28pm | 5:14am |
| Tue 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 55m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Fri 30 | 7:00am | 5:33pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterWed 7, 1:55am
- New MoonThu 15, 1:15am
- First QuarterFri 23, 2:04am
- Full Moon SupermoonThu 29, 6:10pm
Apogee 15 Apr (406,300 km) · Perigee 29 Apr (356,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | 7.4 | 6:59am | 12:21pm | 5:43pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.8 | 9:36am | 2:30pm | 7:24pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 1.5 | 11:13am | 3:53pm | 8:34pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.0 | 10:40pm | 6:01am | 1:18pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Sco | 0.1 | 7:48pm | 2:56am | 10:00am | Morning |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.8 | 11:34pm | 6:50am | 2:03pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.9 | 12:01am | 7:06am | 2:12pm | 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 57% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — April 2162
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 2 October 2026.