The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2184
Highlights this month
- 6ThuEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A thin 22% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 8SatJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Libra (mag −2.4). (2:47pm)
- 9SunThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (5:56am)
- 13ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:45am)
- 17MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (5:46pm)
- 24MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (5:08am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 30m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Mon 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Thu 20 | 7:19am | 5:14pm | 9h 55m | 6:46pm | 5:46am |
| Mon 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 48 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 4, 2:34am
- New MoonMon 10, 5:44pm
- First QuarterMon 17, 5:32pm
- Full MoonTue 25, 9:49pm
Perigee 9 May (358,000 km) · Apogee 22 May (405,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | −2.1 | 7:29am | 12:26pm | 5:24pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.8 | 7:48am | 12:43pm | 5:39pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | 1.3 | 5:08am | 10:37am | 4:05pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Lib | −2.3 | 4:52pm | 11:45pm | 6:43am | All night |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.4 | 1:22pm | 6:38pm | 11:53pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 4:44am | 10:18am | 3:51pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 1:59am | 8:15am | 2:31pm | 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 thin 22% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — May 2184
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 13 October 2026.