The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — May 2192
Highlights this month
- 6SunEta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 50/hr). A 35% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 15TueUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:36pm)
- 18FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (22° from the Sun, mag 0.4) — best evening apparition. (1:36pm)
- 28MonSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Ophiuchus (mag −0.1). (8:02pm)
- 31ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:02am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:02am | 5:32pm | 10h 29m | 7:01pm | 5:32am |
| Thu 10 | 7:10am | 5:22pm | 10h 12m | 6:53pm | 5:39am |
| Sun 20 | 7:19am | 5:14pm | 9h 55m | 6:46pm | 5:47am |
| Thu 31 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:53am |
Days shorten by about 48 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSat 5, 9:33am
- New MoonSat 12, 2:07am
- First QuarterSat 19, 1:06pm
- Full MoonSun 27, 1:47pm
Perigee 9 May (364,200 km) · Apogee 21 May (405,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 0.0 | 9:09am | 1:46pm | 6:23pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Tau | −3.8 | 7:51am | 12:46pm | 5:41pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 1.7 | 9:53am | 2:32pm | 7:11pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.7 | 11:29am | 4:17pm | 9:05pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Oph | −0.1 | 6:06pm | 1:17am | 8:25am | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.9 | 7:18am | 12:18pm | 5:18pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.9 | 3:24am | 9:19am | 3:15pm | 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 35% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — May 2192
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.