The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 1994
Highlights this month
- 3WedThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (2:23pm)
- 11ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (7:19am)
- 13SatMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:42am)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 39% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 13SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (4:34pm)
- 25ThuVenus at greatest evening elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (9:30am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:21am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:02pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 7:00am | 5:47pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSun 7, 6:53pm
- First QuarterSun 14, 3:57pm
- Full MoonSun 21, 4:43pm
- Last QuarterMon 29, 4:43pm
Perigee 13 Aug (369,400 km) · Apogee 28 Aug (404,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.8 | 7:21am | 12:36pm | 5:51pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.2 | 8:59am | 3:14pm | 9:30pm | Evening |
| Mars | Tau | 1.2 | 3:59am | 8:42am | 1:25pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.7 | 10:24am | 5:08pm | 11:52pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Aqr | 0.5 | 7:03pm | 1:39am | 8:11am | Morning |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 3:10pm | 10:26pm | 5:46am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 3:03pm | 10:16pm | 5:33am | 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 39% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 1994
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 17 August 2026.