The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2114
Highlights this month
- 7FriThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (2:26pm)
- 7FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (2:51pm)
- 7FriMars and Saturn in conjunction — 2° apart. (11:51pm)
- 9SunVenus at greatest morning elongation (47° from the Sun, mag −4.4) — best morning apparition. (6:30pm)
- 9SunSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (7:24pm)
- 14FriGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A bright 94% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 14FriUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Taurus (mag 5.6). (7:48pm)
- 22SatSummer solstice.
- 22SatUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A thin 20% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 23SunThe Moon passes Venus — 1° apart. (8:09am)
- 24MonMercury at greatest evening elongation (20° from the Sun, mag −0.5) — best evening apparition. (1:12pm)
- 31MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:09pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 5:50am | 8:27pm | 14h 36m | 10:19pm | 3:59am |
| Mon 10 | 5:50am | 8:35pm | 14h 45m | 10:30pm | 3:55am |
| Thu 20 | 5:52am | 8:42pm | 14h 50m | 10:38pm | 3:55am |
| Mon 31 | 5:58am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:02am |
Days lengthen by about 11 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 5, 10:46pm
- Full Moon SupermoonWed 12, 5:25pm
- Last QuarterWed 19, 11:24am
- New MoonThu 27, 3:12pm
Perigee 12 Dec (356,700 km) · Apogee 26 Dec (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.6 | 7:01am | 2:33pm | 10:04pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.4 | 3:27am | 10:05am | 4:43pm | Morning |
| Mars | Psc | −0.4 | 2:24pm | 8:16pm | 2:11am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −1.7 | 6:52am | 2:14pm | 9:35pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.8 | 2:05pm | 8:08pm | 2:14am | Evening |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.6 | 8:26pm | 1:13am | 5:56am | All night |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 2:40am | 9:02am | 3:24pm | 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 94% 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 20% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — December 2114
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 7 September 2026.