The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — February 2181
Highlights this month
- 5MonVenus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:03pm)
- 6TueJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Cancer (mag −2.4). (9:54am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 6:32am | 8:33pm | 14h 01m | 10:15pm | 4:50am |
| Sat 10 | 6:43am | 8:24pm | 13h 41m | 10:02pm | 5:04am |
| Tue 20 | 6:54am | 8:12pm | 13h 18m | 9:46pm | 5:19am |
| Wed 28 | 7:03am | 8:01pm | 12h 58m | 9:33pm | 5:30am |
Days shorten by about 62 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterWed 7, 12:56pm
- New MoonWed 14, 7:13am
- First QuarterWed 21, 11:14pm
Perigee 10 Feb (366,600 km) · Apogee 22 Feb (404,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −0.3 | 5:06am | 12:16pm | 7:26pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Aqr | −3.8 | 6:59am | 1:45pm | 8:30pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | −0.0 | 4:13pm | 8:47pm | 1:23am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −2.4 | 7:45pm | 12:56am | 6:03am | Evening |
| Saturn | Gem | −0.3 | 5:50pm | 10:37pm | 3:28am | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 6.0 | 10:16am | 4:09pm | 10:03pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 8:04am | 2:31pm | 8:58pm | Hidden |
The solar system — February 2181
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 11 October 2026.