The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — October 2174
Highlights this month
- 4TueThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (1:57am)
- 4TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (7:55pm)
- 15SatMars and Jupiter in conjunction — 2° apart. (1:37am)
- 17MonSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Pisces (mag 0.0). (5:17am)
- 21FriOrionids meteor shower peaks (up to 20/hr). A thin 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 26WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:02pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 5:56am | 6:24pm | 12h 29m | 7:54pm | 4:26am |
| Mon 10 | 6:42am | 7:33pm | 12h 51m | 9:04pm | 5:11am |
| Thu 20 | 6:28am | 7:42pm | 13h 15m | 9:17pm | 4:53am |
| Mon 31 | 6:14am | 7:54pm | 13h 40m | 9:32pm | 4:35am |
Days lengthen by about 72 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterTue 4, 11:09am
- Full Moon SupermoonTue 11, 2:43am
- Last QuarterTue 18, 1:44am
- New MoonWed 26, 7:01am
Perigee 10 Oct (358,100 km) · Apogee 22 Oct (405,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Vir | −1.3 | 6:23am | 12:38pm | 6:55pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.7 | 7:04am | 1:43pm | 8:22pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Sgr | 0.1 | 11:20am | 6:49pm | 2:19am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.0 | 11:27am | 6:47pm | 2:11am | Evening |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.0 | 7:33pm | 1:19am | 7:00am | All night |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.8 | 4:20pm | 10:44pm | 5:13am | Evening |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.8 | 2:55pm | 9:39pm | 4:27am | Evening |
Meteor showers
- Orionids — peaks 21 October, radiant in Orion (up to 20/hr). Also from Halley's Comet; Orion rides high after midnight from the south, giving a fair show. A thin 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — October 2174
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 8 October 2026.