The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2039

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

4SunThe Moon passes Mars — 0.6° apart. (6:25pm)
10SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (8:09am)
11SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (3:31am)
14WedGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
22ThuSummer solstice.
22ThuUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A 48% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
31SatThe Moon passes Mars — 1° apart. (8:29am)

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Thu 1	5:51am	8:27pm	14h 37m	10:19pm	3:59am
Sat 10	5:50am	8:35pm	14h 46m	10:31pm	3:55am
Tue 20	5:52am	8:42pm	14h 50m	10:39pm	3:55am
Sat 31	5:59am	8:46pm	14h 47m	10:42pm	4:03am

Days lengthen by about 11 minutes over the month.

Apogee 3 Dec (406,200 km) · Perigee 16 Dec (356,700 km) · Apogee 30 Dec (406,200 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Oph	−0.7	5:07am	12:25pm	7:43pm	Hidden
Venus	Lib	−4.0	3:44am	10:31am	5:19pm	Hidden
Mars	Gem	−1.3	10:30pm	3:10am	7:45am	Morning
Jupiter	Vir	−1.7	1:50am	7:49am	1:48pm	Morning
Saturn	Vir	0.8	2:21am	8:29am	2:38pm	Morning
Uranus	Cnc	5.5	11:09pm	4:08am	9:03am	Morning
Neptune	Ari	7.8	4:12pm	9:42pm	3:16am	Evening

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 thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
Ursids — peaks 22 December, radiant in Ursa Minor (up to 10/hr). A circumpolar northern shower whose radiant never rises from Victoria. A 48% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.

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.