The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2093
Highlights this month
- 3ThuUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:34am)
- 6SunNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:45am)
- 6SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:10pm)
- 8TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 1° apart. (12:34am)
- 14MonGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A thin 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 18FriVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:54am)
- 21MonSummer solstice.
- 21MonThe Moon passes Mars — 1° apart. (11:05pm)
- 22TueUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A thin 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 24ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (7:33pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 5:50am | 8:28pm | 14h 38m | 10:21pm | 3:58am |
| Thu 10 | 5:50am | 8:36pm | 14h 46m | 10:31pm | 3:54am |
| Sun 20 | 5:52am | 8:42pm | 14h 50m | 10:39pm | 3:56am |
| Thu 31 | 5:59am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
Days lengthen by about 9 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 3, 9:27am
- Last QuarterFri 11, 2:22pm
- New MoonFri 18, 6:54pm
- First QuarterFri 25, 10:21am
Apogee 8 Dec (405,500 km) · Perigee 20 Dec (360,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −1.0 | 6:05am | 1:36pm | 9:07pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.5 | 6:14am | 1:33pm | 8:51pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cap | 1.0 | 9:25am | 4:31pm | 11:37pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.2 | 1:10pm | 7:23pm | 1:39am | Evening |
| Saturn | Cnc | −0.1 | 11:18pm | 4:22am | 9:21am | Morning |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 1:08pm | 7:20pm | 1:35am | Evening |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.9 | 12:40am | 6:08am | 11:36am | Morning |
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 thin 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- Ursids — peaks 22 December, radiant in Ursa Minor (up to 10/hr). A circumpolar northern shower whose radiant never rises from Victoria. A thin 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — December 2093
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 30 August 2026.