The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2132
Highlights this month
- 14SunGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A 34% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 17WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:08pm)
- 22MonSummer solstice.
- 22MonUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 22MonUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:46pm)
- 25ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (3:44am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 5:50am | 8:27pm | 14h 37m | 10:20pm | 3:58am |
| Wed 10 | 5:50am | 8:35pm | 14h 46m | 10:31pm | 3:54am |
| Sat 20 | 5:52am | 8:42pm | 14h 50m | 10:39pm | 3:55am |
| Wed 31 | 5:59am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:03am |
Days lengthen by about 10 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonMon 8, 3:22am
- First QuarterTue 16, 7:06am
- Full Moon SupermoonTue 23, 2:14am
- Last QuarterMon 29, 7:49pm
Apogee 9 Dec (406,200 km) · Perigee 23 Dec (356,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Oph | −1.1 | 5:42am | 1:10pm | 8:38pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sco | −3.7 | 4:53am | 12:06pm | 7:19pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Sco | 1.6 | 4:43am | 11:58am | 7:12pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −2.3 | 11:08pm | 4:08am | 9:05am | Morning |
| Saturn | Sco | 0.4 | 4:44am | 11:49am | 6:53pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.5 | 1:15am | 6:58am | 12:42pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Lib | 8.0 | 4:26am | 11:27am | 6:29pm | Hidden |
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 34% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- Ursids — peaks 22 December, radiant in Ursa Minor (up to 10/hr). A circumpolar northern shower whose radiant never rises from Victoria. A bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — December 2132
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 13 September 2026.