The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2015
Highlights this month
- 3MonSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:02am)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 16SunVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:22am)
- 23SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (3:51am)
- 27ThuJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:07am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:02pm | 5:51am |
| Mon 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Thu 20 | 7:00am | 5:47pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Mon 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 12m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterFri 7, 12:02pm
- New MoonSat 15, 12:52am
- First QuarterSun 23, 5:35am
- Full Moon SupermoonSun 30, 4:42am
Perigee 2 Aug (361,900 km) · Apogee 18 Aug (405,900 km) · Perigee 31 Aug (357,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.3 | 8:03am | 1:43pm | 7:23pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.5 | 6:38am | 12:19pm | 5:59pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.8 | 6:18am | 11:13am | 4:09pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.5 | 7:36am | 1:00pm | 6:23pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.4 | 11:31am | 6:33pm | 1:38am | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 10:22pm | 4:05am | 9:43am | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.8 | 6:57pm | 1:32am | 8:03am | Morning |
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 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2015
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.