The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — April 2186
Highlights this month
- 3MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (12:51am)
- 11TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:49pm)
- 12WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (6:16am)
- 21FriUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:12am)
- 23SunLyrids meteor shower peaks (up to 18/hr). A thin 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 30SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (2:27am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:34am | 7:13pm | 11h 39m | 8:41pm | 6:06am |
| Mon 10 | 6:42am | 6:00pm | 11h 18m | 7:27pm | 5:14am |
| Thu 20 | 6:51am | 5:46pm | 10h 54m | 7:14pm | 5:23am |
| Sun 30 | 7:01am | 5:33pm | 10h 33m | 7:03pm | 5:31am |
Days shorten by about 67 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 4, 11:54am
- Last QuarterWed 12, 8:54am
- New MoonThu 20, 1:07am
- First QuarterWed 26, 7:32pm
Apogee 11 Apr (404,800 km) · Perigee 23 Apr (367,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ari | −1.9 | 7:08am | 12:36pm | 6:04pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.8 | 9:44am | 2:36pm | 7:28pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Psc | 1.2 | 6:31am | 12:08pm | 5:45pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.0 | 11:21pm | 6:37am | 1:50pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.6 | 4:36pm | 10:22pm | 4:13am | Evening |
| Uranus | Ari | 5.9 | 7:13am | 12:40pm | 6:06pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.9 | 4:16am | 10:28am | 4:40pm | 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 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — April 2186
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.