The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2166

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

Highlights this month

  • 15TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:42pm)
  • 22TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (11:25pm)
  • 23WedLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A 51% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
  • 29TueSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:07pm)

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Tue 17:34am7:13pm11h 40m8:41pm6:06am
Thu 106:42am6:00pm11h 18m7:28pm5:14am
Sun 206:51am5:46pm10h 55m7:14pm5:23am
Wed 307:01am5:33pm10h 33m7:03pm5:31am

Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • New MoonTue 1, 2:33am
  • First QuarterMon 7, 7:55pm
  • Full MoonTue 15, 11:19pm
  • Last QuarterWed 23, 6:54pm
  • New MoonWed 30, 9:57am

Apogee 14 Apr (406,200 km) · Perigee 29 Apr (358,400 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercuryPsc−2.06:43am12:19pm5:54pmHidden
VenusAqr−3.83:39am10:01am4:23pmMorning
MarsGem0.91:34pm6:15pm10:55pmEvening
JupiterAri−1.98:11am1:26pm6:41pmHidden
SaturnSgr0.410:55pm6:13am1:27pmMorning
UranusCap5.912:58am7:56am2:54pmMorning
NeptuneCap7.912:43am7:42am2:41pmMorning

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 51% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.

The solar system — April 2166

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 6 October 2026.