The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2029
Highlights this month
- 12SunThe Moon passes Mercury — 4° apart. (10:56am)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 14% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 15WedThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (8:11pm)
- 20MonMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (7:29am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Fri 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Fri 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterThu 2, 9:14pm
- New MoonFri 10, 12:00pm
- First QuarterFri 17, 4:56am
- Full MoonFri 24, 11:51am
Apogee 1 Aug (404,800 km) · Perigee 13 Aug (366,200 km) · Apogee 29 Aug (405,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.2 | 8:11am | 2:04pm | 7:58pm | Evening |
| Venus | Vir | −3.8 | 8:44am | 2:43pm | 8:44pm | Evening |
| Mars | Vir | 0.8 | 10:05am | 4:52pm | 11:39pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.6 | 9:43am | 4:10pm | 10:37pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | 0.1 | 1:09am | 6:17am | 11:24am | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.7 | 3:08am | 7:53am | 12:38pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 9:32pm | 3:29am | 9:21am | 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 14% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2029
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.