The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2126

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

5ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:19pm)
8SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (7:21pm)
10TueThe Moon passes Mars — 0.5° apart. (1:01pm)
14SatGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
22SunSummer solstice.
22SunUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A 56% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Sun 1	5:50am	8:27pm	14h 36m	10:19pm	3:59am
Tue 10	5:50am	8:35pm	14h 45m	10:30pm	3:55am
Fri 20	5:52am	8:42pm	14h 50m	10:38pm	3:55am
Tue 31	5:58am	8:46pm	14h 47m	10:42pm	4:03am

Days lengthen by about 11 minutes over the month.

Perigee 12 Dec (363,000 km) · Apogee 24 Dec (405,100 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Sgr	−0.9	6:07am	1:38pm	9:09pm	Hidden
Venus	Sgr	−3.7	7:19am	2:45pm	10:11pm	Hidden
Mars	Vir	1.5	2:48am	9:16am	3:43pm	Morning
Jupiter	Sgr	−1.7	7:08am	2:29pm	9:50pm	Hidden
Saturn	Vir	1.0	1:44am	7:35am	1:26pm	Morning
Uranus	Leo	5.4	12:01am	5:11am	10:21am	Morning
Neptune	Lib	8.0	3:49am	10:39am	5:29pm	Hidden

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 0% 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 56% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.

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 11 September 2026.