The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2177

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

4ThuUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:10pm)
14SunGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A 32% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
21SunSummer solstice.
22MonUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A thin 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
25ThuJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:24pm)

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	10:41pm	4:03am

Days lengthen by about 10 minutes over the month.

Perigee 8 Dec (361,800 km) · Apogee 24 Dec (405,900 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Oph	−0.7	5:02am	12:19pm	7:36pm	Hidden
Venus	Sgr	−3.8	6:16am	1:41pm	9:07pm	Hidden
Mars	Lib	1.7	3:54am	10:53am	5:52pm	Hidden
Jupiter	Ari	−2.5	4:06pm	9:35pm	3:08am	Evening
Saturn	Tau	−0.4	6:46pm	11:47pm	4:51am	Evening
Uranus	Psc	5.9	1:15pm	7:25pm	1:39am	Evening
Neptune	Aqr	7.9	11:28am	6:04pm	12:45am	Evening

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 32% 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 thin 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.

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 9 October 2026.