The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — June 2173
Highlights this month
- 5SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (6:58am)
- 5SatJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Ophiuchus (mag −2.4). (1:53pm)
- 9WedMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (4:38pm)
- 13SunThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (6:31pm)
- 17ThuUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:27pm)
- 21MonMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:25am)
- 21MonWinter solstice.
- 22TueMercury at greatest morning elongation (23° from the Sun, mag 0.4) — best morning apparition. (9:55pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:28am | 5:08pm | 9h 40m | 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
- Last QuarterThu 3, 9:51am
- New MoonThu 10, 10:17pm
- First QuarterSat 19, 2:05am
- Full MoonSat 26, 2:38am
Apogee 14 Jun (405,800 km) · Perigee 27 Jun (358,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Tau | 1.3 | 5:48am | 10:56am | 4:03pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.7 | 9:52am | 2:39pm | 7:25pm | Evening |
| Mars | Tau | 1.5 | 7:47am | 12:27pm | 5:08pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Oph | −2.4 | 4:17pm | 11:32pm | 6:52am | Evening |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.8 | 1:42am | 7:35am | 1:28pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.9 | 11:15pm | 5:44am | 12:10pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.8 | 9:56pm | 4:43am | 11:26am | Morning |
The solar system — June 2173
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 8 October 2026.