The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — June 2066
Highlights this month
- 6SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (24° from the Sun, mag 0.5) — best evening apparition. (5:10am)
- 7MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (4:09pm)
- 19SatMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:11am)
- 21MonWinter solstice.
- 23WedNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:26am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 40m | 6:42pm | 5:54am |
| Thu 10 | 7:33am | 5:06pm | 9h 33m | 6:41pm | 5:58am |
| Sun 20 | 7:36am | 5:07pm | 9h 30m | 6:42pm | 6:01am |
| Wed 30 | 7:38am | 5:10pm | 9h 32m | 6:45pm | 6:03am |
Days shorten by about 8 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterTue 1, 5:19pm
- Full Moon SupermoonTue 8, 12:35pm
- Last QuarterTue 15, 5:10am
- New MoonWed 23, 5:17am
Perigee 8 Jun (356,900 km) · Apogee 22 Jun (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Gem | 1.5 | 9:03am | 1:51pm | 6:38pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.9 | 10:22am | 3:15pm | 8:07pm | Evening |
| Mars | Gem | 1.8 | 9:19am | 2:03pm | 6:46pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Sco | −2.3 | 3:41pm | 10:50pm | 6:03am | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.4 | 11:15am | 4:28pm | 9:41pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Sco | 5.5 | 3:36pm | 10:47pm | 6:02am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 8:04am | 12:51pm | 5:38pm | Hidden |
The solar system — June 2066
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 16 August 2026.