The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 1993
Highlights this month
- 4WedMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag 0.1) — best morning apparition. (11:31am)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 24% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 15SunThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (11:12am)
- 20FriSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 0.2). (9:02am)
- 20FriThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (10:39pm)
- 29SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:00pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:02pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonMon 2, 10:09pm
- Last QuarterWed 11, 1:17am
- New MoonWed 18, 5:33am
- First QuarterTue 24, 7:56pm
Apogee 7 Aug (405,600 km) · Perigee 19 Aug (360,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.1 | 6:28am | 11:29am | 4:30pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.8 | 5:01am | 9:51am | 2:42pm | Morning |
| Mars | Vir | 1.7 | 8:50am | 2:54pm | 8:57pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 9:18am | 3:32pm | 9:45pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.3 | 5:57pm | 12:48am | 7:35am | All night |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 2:48pm | 10:06pm | 5:29am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 2:51pm | 10:06pm | 5:24am | 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 thin 24% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 1993
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 18 August 2026.