The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — October 2191
Highlights this month
- 4TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (26° from the Sun, mag 0.0) — best evening apparition. (1:50am)
- 16SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:22pm)
- 21FriOrionids meteor shower peaks (up to 20/hr). A thin 9% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 26WedThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (8:17pm)
- 28FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:37am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 5:56am | 6:24pm | 12h 28m | 7:54pm | 4:26am |
| Mon 10 | 6:42am | 7:32pm | 12h 50m | 9:04pm | 5:11am |
| Thu 20 | 6:28am | 7:42pm | 13h 14m | 9:17pm | 4:54am |
| Mon 31 | 6:14am | 7:54pm | 13h 40m | 9:32pm | 4:36am |
Days lengthen by about 72 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonMon 3, 9:42am
- Last QuarterMon 10, 3:46pm
- New MoonTue 18, 7:19pm
- First QuarterWed 26, 2:19am
Perigee 1 Oct (361,500 km) · Apogee 13 Oct (405,300 km) · Perigee 29 Oct (366,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Lib | 0.5 | 7:19am | 2:24pm | 9:29pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −4.0 | 4:55am | 10:31am | 4:07pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cap | −0.6 | 12:45pm | 8:04pm | 3:25am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Gem | −2.0 | 2:38am | 7:29am | 12:20pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.5 | 8:27am | 3:28pm | 10:29pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.7 | 10:11pm | 3:16am | 8:17am | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 6:06pm | 12:09am | 6:08am | All night |
Meteor showers
- Orionids — peaks 21 October, radiant in Orion (up to 20/hr). Also from Halley's Comet; Orion rides high after midnight from the south, giving a fair show. A thin 9% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — October 2191
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 21 October 2026.