The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — December 2191

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

14WedGeminids meteor shower peaks (up to 150/hr). A thin 6% Moon leaves the sky dark.
16FriNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (1:05pm)
22ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:38am)
22ThuSummer solstice.
22ThuUrsids meteor shower peaks (up to 10/hr). A 38% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
22ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (9:15pm)

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Thu 1	5:50am	8:27pm	14h 37m	10:19pm	3:58am
Sat 10	5:49am	8:35pm	14h 45m	10:30pm	3:54am
Tue 20	5:52am	8:42pm	14h 50m	10:38pm	3:55am
Sat 31	5:59am	8:46pm	14h 47m	10:41pm	4:03am

Days lengthen by about 11 minutes over the month.

Apogee 8 Dec (404,800 km) · Perigee 20 Dec (366,100 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Oph	−1.0	5:33am	12:58pm	8:24pm	Hidden
Venus	Lib	−3.8	4:11am	11:09am	6:08pm	Hidden
Mars	Aqr	0.4	12:12pm	6:40pm	1:09am	Evening
Jupiter	Gem	−2.4	10:33pm	3:27am	8:17am	Morning
Saturn	Sco	0.4	4:51am	11:57am	7:03pm	Hidden
Uranus	Ari	5.7	6:00pm	11:03pm	4:09am	Evening
Neptune	Psc	7.8	2:01pm	8:02pm	2:06am	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 thin 6% Moon leaves the sky dark.
Ursids — peaks 22 December, radiant in Ursa Minor (up to 10/hr). A circumpolar northern shower whose radiant never rises from Victoria. A 38% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.

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 21 October 2026.