The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — June 2190

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

Highlights this month

  • 1TueThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (6:04am)
  • 15TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (3:20am)
  • 21MonWinter solstice.
  • 25FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (25° from the Sun, mag 0.5) — best evening apparition. (6:50am)
  • 30WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (6:06am)

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Tue 17:28am5:08pm9h 41m6:42pm5:54am
Thu 107:33am5:06pm9h 33m6:41pm5:58am
Sun 207:37am5:07pm9h 30m6:42pm6:02am
Wed 307:38am5:10pm9h 32m6:45pm6:03am

Days shorten by about 8 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • New MoonThu 3, 12:24pm
  • First QuarterFri 11, 2:47pm
  • Full Moon SupermoonFri 18, 10:09am
  • Last QuarterFri 25, 2:28am

Apogee 5 Jun (406,200 km) · Perigee 18 Jun (356,800 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercuryGem−0.19:19am2:00pm6:41pmHidden
VenusTau−3.75:48am10:47am3:46pmHidden
MarsGem1.68:23am1:03pm5:43pmHidden
JupiterTau−1.86:01am10:55am3:50pmHidden
SaturnLib0.22:41pm9:25pm4:13amEvening
UranusAri5.94:47am9:53am2:59pmMorning
NeptunePsc7.91:06am7:06am1:05pmMorning

The solar system — June 2190

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

Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 20 October 2026.