The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — June 2145
Highlights this month
- 1TueVenus and Saturn in conjunction — 0.1° apart. (7:45pm)
- 5SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (23° from the Sun, mag 0.4) — best evening apparition. (2:20pm)
- 15TueNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Ophiuchus (mag 7.8). (6:57am)
- 15TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.9° apart. (6:14pm)
- 17ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 0.4° apart. (2:12am)
- 18FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:15pm)
- 21MonWinter solstice.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:27am | 5:08pm | 9h 41m | 6:42pm | 5:54am |
| Thu 10 | 7:33am | 5:06pm | 9h 33m | 6:41pm | 5:58am |
| Sun 20 | 7:37am | 5:07pm | 9h 30m | 6:42pm | 6:02am |
| Wed 30 | 7:38am | 5:10pm | 9h 32m | 6:45pm | 6:03am |
Days shorten by about 8 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full Moon SupermoonSat 5, 6:43pm
- Last QuarterSat 12, 3:12pm
- New MoonSun 20, 7:07pm
- First QuarterMon 28, 11:20am
Perigee 5 Jun (357,100 km) · Apogee 18 Jun (406,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Gem | 1.6 | 9:01am | 1:48pm | 6:36pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Ari | −3.9 | 4:14am | 9:32am | 2:51pm | Morning |
| Mars | Gem | 1.8 | 9:23am | 2:07pm | 6:51pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −1.6 | 10:27am | 3:27pm | 8:27pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.5 | 3:06am | 8:39am | 2:12pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.4 | 2:28pm | 9:17pm | 4:10am | Evening |
| Neptune | Oph | 7.8 | 5:02pm | 12:22am | 7:38am | All night |
The solar system — June 2145
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 17 September 2026.