The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2007
Highlights this month
- 7TueJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:01pm)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14TueNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 7.8). (4:30am)
- 16ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:43am)
- 18SatVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:34pm)
- 22WedSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:33am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 09m | 7:02pm | 5:51am |
| Fri 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 7:00am | 5:47pm | 10h 47m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Fri 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 12m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterMon 6, 7:20am
- New MoonMon 13, 9:03am
- First QuarterTue 21, 9:57am
- Full MoonTue 28, 8:39pm
Perigee 4 Aug (369,000 km) · Apogee 19 Aug (405,000 km) · Perigee 31 Aug (364,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.9 | 7:13am | 12:24pm | 5:36pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.6 | 6:48am | 12:33pm | 6:17pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 0.4 | 2:05am | 7:01am | 11:57am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Oph | −2.0 | 12:06pm | 7:20pm | 2:38am | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.4 | 7:30am | 12:48pm | 6:07pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.8 | 7:41pm | 2:05am | 8:25am | Morning |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.8 | 5:27pm | 12:22am | 7:12am | All night |
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 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2007
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 15 July 2026.