The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2067
Highlights this month
- 3SatUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:13am)
- 5MonVenus and Jupiter in conjunction — 2° apart. (6:45pm)
- 14WedGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A bright 60% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 15ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (11:43am)
- 22ThuSummer solstice.
- 22ThuUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A bright 97% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 27TueNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Gemini (mag 7.8). (7:14am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 5:50am | 8:27pm | 14h 37m | 10:20pm | 3:58am |
| 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 10 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonWed 7, 1:07am
- First QuarterTue 13, 7:38pm
- Full MoonWed 21, 2:47am
- Last QuarterThu 29, 6:11am
Perigee 10 Dec (366,800 km) · Apogee 26 Dec (405,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.9 | 6:18am | 1:50pm | 9:22pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.8 | 8:23am | 3:43pm | 11:03pm | Evening |
| Mars | Psc | −0.5 | 2:53pm | 8:37pm | 2:23am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −1.7 | 7:41am | 3:00pm | 10:19pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Leo | 1.0 | 1:37am | 7:26am | 1:14pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.7 | 5:07am | 12:24pm | 7:40pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.8 | 9:18pm | 2:10am | 6:57am | All night |
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 bright 60% 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 bright 97% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — December 2067
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 17 August 2026.