The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 1995
Highlights this month
- 1TueThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (11:59pm)
- 3ThuJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:05am)
- 6SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (6:14am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 92% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 21MonVenus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:39am)
- 28MonThe Moon passes Mercury — 2° apart. (3:26pm)
- 30WedThe Moon passes Mars — 0.2° apart. (1:22pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 09m | 7:02pm | 5:51am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 26m | 7:09pm | 5:43am |
| Sun 20 | 7:00am | 5:47pm | 10h 47m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:45am | 5:57pm | 11h 12m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterFri 4, 1:16pm
- Full MoonFri 11, 4:13am
- Last QuarterFri 18, 1:12pm
- New MoonSat 26, 2:34pm
Perigee 8 Aug (363,100 km) · Apogee 20 Aug (405,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.5 | 7:57am | 1:32pm | 7:06pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.8 | 7:09am | 12:20pm | 5:31pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.4 | 9:22am | 3:43pm | 10:04pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sco | −2.0 | 11:51am | 7:02pm | 2:18am | Evening |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.8 | 8:08pm | 2:29am | 8:46am | Morning |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 3:32pm | 10:45pm | 6:02am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 3:15pm | 10:27pm | 5:43am | 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 92% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 1995
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.