The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2163
Highlights this month
- 1SunThe Moon passes Mercury — 5° apart. (6:30am)
- 6FriEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 8% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 7SatNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:59am)
- 7SatUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:10pm)
- 19ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (7:59pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 31m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
| Tue 10 | 7:09am | 5:23pm | 10h 14m | 6:54pm | 5:39am |
| Fri 20 | 7:18am | 5:15pm | 9h 57m | 6:47pm | 5:46am |
| Tue 31 | 7:27am | 5:09pm | 9h 42m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 49 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonTue 3, 6:26pm
- First QuarterWed 11, 9:59pm
- Full Moon SupermoonWed 18, 7:11pm
- Last QuarterWed 25, 10:34am
Apogee 6 May (406,100 km) · Perigee 19 May (357,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −0.5 | 5:33am | 11:02am | 4:30pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.7 | 6:02am | 11:22am | 4:41pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Aqr | 0.6 | 1:17am | 7:48am | 2:17pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.1 | 11:28pm | 6:23am | 1:15pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Oph | −0.0 | 6:27pm | 1:42am | 8:53am | Morning |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.8 | 9:58pm | 5:11am | 12:20pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.9 | 10:11pm | 5:19am | 12:23pm | 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 thin 8% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2163
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 3 October 2026.