The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — June 2075

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

Highlights this month

  • 6ThuSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Ophiuchus (mag −0.1). (3:05am)
  • 10MonMercury at greatest morning elongation (24° from the Sun, mag 0.5) — best morning apparition. (3:57am)
  • 11TueThe Moon passes Mercury — 0.5° apart. (9:03pm)
  • 20ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (7:58am)
  • 21FriWinter solstice.
  • 27ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 1° apart. (7:14am)

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Sat 17:27am5:08pm9h 41m6:42pm5:53am
Mon 107:33am5:06pm9h 33m6:41pm5:58am
Thu 207:36am5:07pm9h 30m6:42pm6:01am
Sun 307:38am5:10pm9h 32m6:45pm6:03am

Days shorten by about 8 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • Last QuarterThu 6, 4:01am
  • New MoonFri 14, 12:40am
  • First QuarterSat 22, 2:35am
  • Full Moon SupermoonFri 28, 7:50pm

Apogee 15 Jun (406,200 km) · Perigee 28 Jun (356,700 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercuryTau0.15:39am10:45am3:51pmMorning
VenusTau−3.76:37am11:28am4:18pmHidden
MarsTau1.45:54am10:48am3:42pmHidden
JupiterLeo−1.711:53am5:24pm10:54pmEvening
SaturnOph−0.14:26pm11:37pm6:53amEvening
UranusSgr5.66:23pm1:47am9:08amMorning
NeptuneGem7.99:24am2:15pm7:06pmEvening

The solar system — June 2075

Evening sky Morning sky Up much of the night Lost in the Sun’s glare

Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 20 August 2026.