The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2180
Highlights this month
- 6SatEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A bright 84% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 8MonVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:19am)
- 8MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:28pm)
- 19FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:54pm)
- 21SunThe Moon passes Venus — 5° apart. (6:50am)
- 27SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (5:44pm)
- 28SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (6:14pm)
- 31WedMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:44pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 30m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Wed 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Sat 20 | 7:19am | 5:14pm | 9h 55m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Wed 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 48 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 3, 9:32am
- Full Moon SupermoonWed 10, 1:59am
- Last QuarterTue 16, 9:27pm
- New MoonThu 25, 12:45am
Perigee 9 May (356,700 km) · Apogee 22 May (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 5.7 | 7:49am | 12:42pm | 5:35pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Psc | −4.5 | 4:34am | 10:07am | 3:39pm | Morning |
| Mars | Psc | 0.8 | 2:18am | 8:32am | 2:45pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.7 | 11:14am | 4:00pm | 8:46pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Gem | −0.0 | 10:17am | 3:03pm | 7:48pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 6.0 | 3:30am | 9:22am | 3:14pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 1:16am | 7:43am | 2:09pm | Morning |
Meteor showers
- Eta Aquariids — peaks 6 May, radiant in Aquarius (up to 50/hr). Debris of Halley's Comet and one of the best showers of the year from the south — swift meteors in the pre-dawn eastern sky. A bright 84% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — May 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.