The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — June 2134

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

Highlights this month

  • 7MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (9:08am)
  • 8TueSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Ophiuchus (mag −0.1). (1:57pm)
  • 14MonMercury at greatest morning elongation (24° from the Sun, mag 0.5) — best morning apparition. (1:09pm)
  • 20SunThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (8:50pm)
  • 21MonWinter solstice.
  • 26SatThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (1:29pm)
  • 26SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (11:34pm)

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Tue 17:27am5:08pm9h 41m6:42pm5:53am
Thu 107:33am5:06pm9h 34m6:41pm5:58am
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

  • Full MoonMon 7, 7:20am
  • Last QuarterTue 15, 6:18am
  • New MoonTue 22, 7:08pm
  • First QuarterTue 29, 11:09am

Apogee 13 Jun (404,900 km) · Perigee 25 Jun (365,300 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercuryTau0.45:36am10:43am3:51pmMorning
VenusTau−3.75:28am10:31am3:33pmMorning
MarsLeo1.611:05am4:15pm9:24pmEvening
JupiterLeo−1.711:34am4:56pm10:18pmEvening
SaturnOph−0.14:35pm11:48pm7:05amAll night
UranusLeo5.512:18pm6:03pm11:47pmEvening
NeptuneLib7.83:33pm10:36pm5:42amEvening

The solar system — June 2134

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

Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 13 September 2026.