The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2033
Highlights this month
- 1ThuMars and Jupiter in conjunction — 0.2° apart. (9:17pm)
- 9FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (6:29am)
- 14WedGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A 44% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 22ThuSummer solstice.
- 22ThuUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 24SatMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:56am)
- 26MonUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Gemini (mag 5.5). (12:31am)
- 27TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (1:08am)
- 28WedThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (2:55am)
- 29ThuNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:55am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 5:50am | 8:28pm | 14h 37m | 10:20pm | 3:58am |
| Sat 10 | 5:50am | 8:36pm | 14h 46m | 10:31pm | 3:55am |
| Tue 20 | 5:52am | 8:42pm | 14h 50m | 10:39pm | 3:56am |
| Sat 31 | 5:59am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:03am |
Days lengthen by about 10 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 6, 6:21pm
- Last QuarterWed 14, 2:30am
- New MoonThu 22, 5:52am
- First QuarterThu 29, 11:23am
Perigee 4 Dec (362,500 km) · Apogee 16 Dec (405,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Oph | −1.0 | 5:29am | 12:54pm | 8:20pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −3.8 | 5:33am | 12:54pm | 8:16pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Aqr | 0.5 | 11:59am | 6:29pm | 1:02am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −2.0 | 11:20am | 6:00pm | 12:43am | Evening |
| Saturn | Gem | −0.4 | 10:17pm | 3:11am | 8:00am | Morning |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.5 | 9:19pm | 2:05am | 6:47am | All night |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 3:04pm | 8:49pm | 2:38am | Evening |
Meteor showers
- Geminids — peaks 14 December, radiant in Gemini (up to 150/hr). The richest shower of the year; the radiant reaches a useful altitude after local midnight, so it rewards southern observers well. A 44% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- Ursids — peaks 22 December, radiant in Ursa Minor (up to 10/hr). A circumpolar northern shower whose radiant never rises from Victoria. A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — December 2033
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 15 July 2026.