The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2095
Highlights this month
- 3SatThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (6:48am)
- 3SatJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Taurus (mag −2.7). (10:17am)
- 11SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.8° apart. (1:44am)
- 11SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (21° from the Sun, mag −0.5) — best evening apparition. (3:59am)
- 11SunNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:55am)
- 11SunUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (1:05pm)
- 14WedGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A bright 89% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 16FriSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:06pm)
- 17SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (7:35am)
- 19MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:58am)
- 22ThuSummer solstice.
- 22ThuUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A thin 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 28WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:42pm)
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 | 3:54am |
| Tue 20 | 5:52am | 8:42pm | 14h 50m | 10:39pm | 3:56am |
| Sat 31 | 5:59am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:03am |
Days lengthen by about 10 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 5, 1:29am
- Full MoonSun 11, 5:25pm
- Last QuarterMon 19, 2:14am
- New MoonTue 27, 5:27am
Perigee 9 Dec (362,800 km) · Apogee 21 Dec (405,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.3 | 7:16am | 2:42pm | 10:08pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Lib | −3.9 | 3:53am | 10:45am | 5:37pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Aqr | 0.7 | 10:59am | 5:45pm | 12:32am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.6 | 7:22pm | 12:18am | 5:09am | All night |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.5 | 12:48am | 6:15am | 11:42am | Morning |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 1:49pm | 7:50pm | 1:56am | Evening |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.9 | 12:53am | 6:27am | 12:00pm | 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 bright 89% 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 thin 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — December 2095
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 31 August 2026.