The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2035
Highlights this month
- 1SatSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:47am)
- 9SunThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (9:35pm)
- 12WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (4:53pm)
- 14FriGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 19WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (5:32am)
- 22SatSummer solstice.
- 22SatUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A 44% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 25TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (20° from the Sun, mag −0.5) — best evening apparition. (12:13am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 5:51am | 8:27pm | 14h 37m | 10:19pm | 3:59am |
| Mon 10 | 5:50am | 8:35pm | 14h 46m | 10:31pm | 3:55am |
| Thu 20 | 5:52am | 8:42pm | 14h 50m | 10:39pm | 3:55am |
| Mon 31 | 5:59am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:03am |
Days lengthen by about 11 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterSat 8, 12:10pm
- Full Moon SupermoonSat 15, 11:41am
- Last QuarterSat 22, 3:26am
- New MoonSun 30, 1:31am
Apogee 3 Dec (405,900 km) · Perigee 16 Dec (357,900 km) · Apogee 31 Dec (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.7 | 6:59am | 2:31pm | 10:03pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.8 | 8:12am | 3:34pm | 10:56pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Psc | −0.3 | 2:14pm | 8:08pm | 2:06am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Ari | −2.5 | 5:05pm | 10:22pm | 3:42am | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.1 | 12:04am | 5:14am | 10:24am | Morning |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.5 | 10:00pm | 2:48am | 7:32am | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 3:28pm | 9:08pm | 2:52am | 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 bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
- Ursids — peaks 22 December, radiant in Ursa Minor (up to 10/hr). A circumpolar northern shower whose radiant never rises from Victoria. A 44% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — December 2035
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.