The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — February 2185
Highlights this month
- 1TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (9:12pm)
- 4FriVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:52am)
- 7MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:43pm)
- 16WedThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (1:44am)
- 16WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (6:19am)
- 17ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:40am)
- 23WedVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:45pm)
- 24ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (6:27am)
- 25FriMars at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Leo (mag −1.2). (1:53am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 6:32am | 8:33pm | 14h 01m | 10:15pm | 4:50am |
| Thu 10 | 6:43am | 8:24pm | 13h 41m | 10:02pm | 5:04am |
| Sun 20 | 6:54am | 8:12pm | 13h 18m | 9:46pm | 5:19am |
| Mon 28 | 7:03am | 8:01pm | 12h 58m | 9:33pm | 5:30am |
Days shorten by about 62 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonTue 1, 1:04am
- First QuarterTue 8, 2:55am
- Full MoonTue 15, 1:06am
- Last QuarterTue 22, 10:05pm
Perigee 9 Feb (369,600 km) · Apogee 22 Feb (404,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Aqr | 5.1 | 7:17am | 1:43pm | 8:09pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cap | −4.2 | 5:42am | 12:16pm | 6:49pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | −1.1 | 9:04pm | 2:33am | 7:57am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Oph | −1.7 | 1:37am | 8:55am | 4:13pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.3 | 9:01pm | 2:41am | 8:16am | Morning |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 11:31am | 5:06pm | 10:40pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 8:46am | 3:03pm | 9:20pm | Hidden |
The solar system — February 2185
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 14 October 2026.