The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2041

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

13FriThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (4:52pm)
14SatGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A bright 62% Moon interferes badly this year.
19ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (8:07am)
21SatSummer solstice.
22SunUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
29SunMars is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:56pm)

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Sun 1	5:50am	8:28pm	14h 37m	10:20pm	3:58am
Tue 10	5:50am	8:36pm	14h 46m	10:31pm	3:55am
Fri 20	5:52am	8:42pm	14h 50m	10:39pm	3:56am
Tue 31	5:59am	8:46pm	14h 47m	10:42pm	4:03am

Days lengthen by about 10 minutes over the month.

Perigee 2 Dec (369,400 km) · Apogee 15 Dec (404,700 km) · Perigee 28 Dec (368,200 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Sgr	−0.8	6:34am	2:07pm	9:40pm	Hidden
Venus	Oph	−3.8	5:35am	12:57pm	8:19pm	Hidden
Mars	Leo	−0.1	12:32am	5:44am	10:56am	Morning
Jupiter	Lib	−1.5	4:01am	10:59am	5:57pm	Hidden
Saturn	Vir	0.6	3:17am	9:52am	4:28pm	Morning
Uranus	Cnc	5.4	11:37pm	4:45am	9:49am	Morning
Neptune	Ari	7.8	4:33pm	9:57pm	3:26am	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 bright 62% 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 thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.

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.