The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 1982
Highlights this month
- 8SunMars and Jupiter in conjunction — 2° apart. (9:17pm)
- 9MonUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:16pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 41% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 21SatThe Moon passes Mercury — 5° apart. (4:27am)
- 23MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (7:46am)
- 24TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (1:53pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:02pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 7:00am | 5:47pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 12m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 5, 8:40am
- Last QuarterThu 12, 9:16pm
- New MoonThu 19, 12:43pm
- First QuarterThu 26, 7:52pm
Apogee 1 Aug (405,900 km) · Perigee 17 Aug (362,300 km) · Apogee 29 Aug (405,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.4 | 8:01am | 1:39pm | 7:17pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:04am | 11:00am | 3:55pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 0.7 | 10:13am | 5:03pm | 11:54pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.7 | 10:14am | 4:54pm | 11:34pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.8 | 9:39am | 3:57pm | 10:15pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 11:31am | 6:40pm | 1:53am | Evening |
| Neptune | Oph | 7.9 | 1:05pm | 8:22pm | 3:42am | Evening |
Meteor showers
- Perseids — peaks 13 August, radiant in Perseus (up to 100/hr). The famous northern shower, but its far-northern radiant scarcely rises from Victoria — only a trickle this far south. A 41% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 1982
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 23 August 2026.