The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 1989
Highlights this month
- 4FriThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (7:26pm)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 83% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 14MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (5:20am)
- 26SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (5:34pm)
- 29TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.2) — best evening apparition. (8:23pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:02pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonWed 2, 2:06am
- First QuarterThu 10, 3:31am
- Full MoonThu 17, 1:11pm
- Last QuarterThu 24, 4:39am
- New MoonThu 31, 3:47pm
Apogee 8 Aug (405,100 km) · Perigee 20 Aug (363,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.1 | 8:08am | 1:54pm | 7:40pm | Evening |
| Venus | Vir | −3.8 | 8:39am | 2:35pm | 8:31pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:52am | 1:24pm | 6:55pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.8 | 4:15am | 8:59am | 1:43pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.1 | 2:00pm | 9:19pm | 4:42am | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.6 | 1:28pm | 8:52pm | 4:19am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 2:10pm | 9:27pm | 4:48am | 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 bright 83% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 1989
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 19 August 2026.