The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2167
Highlights this month
- 14TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (12:48am)
- 14TueVenus and Jupiter in conjunction — 3° apart. (6:23pm)
- 18SatThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (5:10am)
- 22WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (7:15pm)
- 23ThuLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 24FriVenus at greatest evening elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (3:42pm)
- 25SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (20° from the Sun, mag 0.1) — best evening apparition. (4:23pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:33am | 7:14pm | 11h 40m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Fri 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 19m | 7:28pm | 5:14am |
| Mon 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 55m | 7:15pm | 5:23am |
| Thu 30 | 7:00am | 5:34pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSun 5, 12:22am
- Last QuarterMon 13, 3:28am
- New MoonMon 20, 2:42am
- First QuarterSun 26, 5:57pm
Apogee 8 Apr (405,900 km) · Perigee 20 Apr (357,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −1.0 | 8:09am | 1:19pm | 6:28pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −4.3 | 10:43am | 3:20pm | 7:58pm | Evening |
| Mars | Psc | 1.2 | 4:23am | 10:34am | 4:45pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.8 | 10:30am | 3:20pm | 8:11pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.5 | 11:48pm | 7:00am | 2:09pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.9 | 1:19am | 8:13am | 3:06pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.9 | 12:55am | 7:52am | 2:48pm | 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 thin 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2167
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.