The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — July 1984

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

8SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.1° apart. (3:22am)
8SunThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (11:09am)
12ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (9:04am)
14SatSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (11:57am)
30MonSouthern Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 25/hr). A thin 5% Moon leaves the sky dark.
30MonAlpha Capricornids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A thin 5% Moon leaves the sky dark.

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Sun 1	7:37am	5:10pm	9h 33m	6:45pm	6:03am
Tue 10	7:36am	5:15pm	9h 39m	6:49pm	6:02am
Fri 20	7:31am	5:22pm	9h 51m	6:55pm	5:58am
Tue 31	7:22am	5:31pm	10h 09m	7:02pm	5:51am

Days lengthen by about 36 minutes over the month.

Perigee 3 Jul (367,400 km) · Apogee 19 Jul (405,200 km) · Perigee 30 Jul (362,100 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Cnc	−0.3	8:51am	1:57pm	7:02pm	Hidden
Venus	Cnc	−3.7	8:08am	1:01pm	5:53pm	Hidden
Mars	Lib	−0.7	12:33pm	7:37pm	2:43am	Evening
Jupiter	Sgr	−2.5	3:51pm	11:12pm	6:38am	Evening
Saturn	Lib	0.4	12:36pm	7:18pm	2:04am	Evening
Uranus	Oph	5.6	2:03pm	9:19pm	4:39am	Evening
Neptune	Sgr	7.8	3:26pm	10:43pm	6:04am	Evening

Southern Delta Aquariids — peaks 30 July, radiant in Aquarius (up to 25/hr). A favourite southern shower with a high radiant — steady rates through the small hours; overlaps the Alpha Capricornids. A thin 5% Moon leaves the sky dark.
Alpha Capricornids — peaks 30 July, radiant in Capricornus (up to 5/hr). Low rates but noted for slow, bright fireballs; radiant well placed from the south. A thin 5% 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 22 August 2026.