The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — June 2100

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

Highlights this month

  • 1TueVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:29pm)
  • 10ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:34pm)
  • 10ThuJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:03pm)
  • 11FriThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (8:18pm)
  • 17ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (3:29am)
  • 21MonWinter solstice.
  • 22TueMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:08pm)
  • 23WedSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (11:45pm)

Sun & twilight

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

Days shorten by about 9 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • New MoonTue 8, 9:40am
  • First QuarterTue 15, 7:44pm
  • Full MoonTue 22, 11:10am
  • Last QuarterTue 29, 10:01pm

Apogee 3 Jun (405,700 km) · Perigee 19 Jun (364,000 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercuryTau5.06:52am11:51am4:51pmHidden
VenusAri−4.64:28am9:45am3:02pmMorning
MarsCnc1.810:15am3:09pm8:03pmEvening
JupiterVir−1.91:22pm7:36pm1:55amEvening
SaturnVir0.61:43pm8:02pm2:25amEvening
UranusPsc5.92:46am8:19am1:53pmMorning
NeptuneLeo7.912:10pm5:50pm11:30pmEvening

The solar system — June 2100

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

Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 1 September 2026.