The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2052

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

3TueThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (5:18pm)
14SatGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A 38% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
16MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (2:21pm)
21SatSummer solstice.
22SunUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
26ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (11:54am)
31TueThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (11:56am)

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Sun 1	5:50am	8:28pm	14h 38m	10:21pm	3:58am
Tue 10	5:50am	8:36pm	14h 46m	10:31pm	3:54am
Fri 20	5:53am	8:42pm	14h 50m	10:39pm	3:56am
Tue 31	5:59am	8:46pm	14h 47m	10:42pm	4:04am

Days lengthen by about 9 minutes over the month.

Perigee 6 Dec (356,700 km) · Apogee 20 Dec (406,200 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Oph	−0.7	5:03am	12:20pm	7:38pm	Hidden
Venus	Sco	−3.7	4:34am	11:42am	6:50pm	Hidden
Mars	Ari	−0.9	4:12pm	9:34pm	2:59am	Evening
Jupiter	Vir	−1.6	3:01am	9:36am	4:11pm	Morning
Saturn	Aqr	0.7	10:56am	5:43pm	12:33am	Evening
Uranus	Vir	5.5	1:56am	8:02am	2:08pm	Morning
Neptune	Tau	7.8	6:36pm	11:37pm	4:41am	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 38% 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 1% 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.