The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2175
Highlights this month
- 9SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:28am)
- 19WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:46am)
- 20ThuSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:32pm)
- 22SatVenus at greatest evening elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (7:24am)
- 23SunLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 8% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 24MonThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (6:21pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:33am | 7:14pm | 11h 40m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Mon 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 18m | 7:28pm | 5:14am |
| Thu 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 55m | 7:15pm | 5:23am |
| Sun 30 | 7:00am | 5:34pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 6, 6:16pm
- Last QuarterFri 14, 5:31pm
- New MoonFri 21, 9:51am
- First QuarterFri 28, 6:39am
Apogee 6 Apr (406,300 km) · Perigee 20 Apr (357,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | 5.1 | 7:25am | 12:40pm | 5:55pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −4.3 | 10:44am | 3:21pm | 7:58pm | Evening |
| Mars | Tau | 1.5 | 9:31am | 2:27pm | 7:23pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cap | −1.9 | 1:32am | 8:23am | 3:14pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.4 | 7:07am | 12:40pm | 6:13pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Aqr | 6.0 | 3:51am | 10:08am | 4:26pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 2:21am | 9:00am | 3:39pm | 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 8% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2175
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.