The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2037
Highlights this month
- 1TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (5:18am)
- 9WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:38am)
- 10ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (2:07am)
- 14MonVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:57am)
- 14MonGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A 46% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 19SatMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:36am)
- 22TueSummer solstice.
- 22TueUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 24ThuMars is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:46am)
- 24ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.4° apart. (11:41pm)
- 27SunSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:20pm)
- 28MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (11:35am)
- 28MonMercury at greatest morning elongation (22° from the Sun, mag −0.3) — best morning apparition. (12:58pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 5:50am | 8:28pm | 14h 37m | 10:20pm | 3:58am |
| Thu 10 | 5:50am | 8:36pm | 14h 46m | 10:31pm | 3:55am |
| Sun 20 | 5:52am | 8:42pm | 14h 50m | 10:39pm | 3:56am |
| Thu 31 | 5:59am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:03am |
Days lengthen by about 10 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonMon 7, 10:42am
- First QuarterTue 15, 1:49am
- Full MoonWed 23, 12:40am
- Last QuarterWed 30, 1:07am
Perigee 4 Dec (366,300 km) · Apogee 16 Dec (404,800 km) · Perigee 30 Dec (369,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Oph | 1.4 | 5:14am | 12:19pm | 7:24pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −4.6 | 7:58am | 3:17pm | 10:34pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | −1.4 | 5:55pm | 10:52pm | 3:54am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −2.4 | 10:51pm | 3:48am | 8:40am | Morning |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.8 | 1:17am | 6:56am | 12:35pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.5 | 10:34pm | 3:26am | 8:15am | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 3:48pm | 9:23pm | 3:01am | 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 46% 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 bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — December 2037
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.