The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2180
Highlights this month
- 1SatMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:54pm)
- 2SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (6:40pm)
- 3MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (6:39pm)
- 19WedVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:04pm)
- 23SunLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 27ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (20° from the Sun, mag 0.2) — best evening apparition. (4:20pm)
- 29SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (7:58pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:34am | 7:12pm | 11h 38m | 8:40pm | 6:06am |
| Mon 10 | 6:43am | 5:59pm | 11h 17m | 7:27pm | 5:15am |
| Thu 20 | 6:52am | 5:45pm | 10h 53m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Sun 30 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 32m | 7:02pm | 5:32am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 3, 8:12pm
- Full Moon SupermoonMon 10, 5:46pm
- Last QuarterMon 17, 9:44am
- New MoonTue 25, 8:15am
Perigee 11 Apr (357,600 km) · Apogee 25 Apr (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −1.1 | 8:02am | 1:13pm | 6:24pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.7 | 7:35am | 12:34pm | 5:34pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Aqr | 1.0 | 2:24am | 9:05am | 3:45pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.9 | 12:54pm | 5:39pm | 10:23pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Gem | −0.0 | 12:02pm | 4:48pm | 9:34pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 6.0 | 5:20am | 11:14am | 5:08pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 3:11am | 9:38am | 4:05pm | 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 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2180
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 10 October 2026.