The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2183
Highlights this month
- 2WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (11:01pm)
- 5SatMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:09pm)
- 8TueJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Virgo (mag −2.3). (2:23pm)
- 8TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (6:45pm)
- 9WedUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:24am)
- 13SunSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:41am)
- 19SatVenus at greatest evening elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (11:04pm)
- 21MonMercury at greatest morning elongation (28° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best morning apparition. (1:25am)
- 23WedLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:33am | 7:13pm | 11h 40m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Thu 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 18m | 7:28pm | 5:14am |
| Sun 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 55m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Wed 30 | 7:00am | 5:34pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 8, 12:52pm
- Last QuarterWed 16, 2:05am
- New MoonTue 22, 5:37pm
- First QuarterWed 30, 12:58am
Apogee 4 Apr (405,900 km) · Perigee 20 Apr (361,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Psc | 0.6 | 4:34am | 10:44am | 4:53pm | Morning |
| Venus | Tau | −4.3 | 10:45am | 3:21pm | 7:58pm | Evening |
| Mars | Cnc | 0.6 | 2:18pm | 7:06pm | 11:55pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −2.3 | 5:33pm | 11:56pm | 6:15am | All night |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.1 | 2:40pm | 7:42pm | 12:48am | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 6.0 | 6:18am | 11:58am | 5:38pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 3:45am | 10:05am | 4:24pm | 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 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2183
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 12 October 2026.