The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2030
Highlights this month
- 2FriThe Moon passes Mercury — 4° apart. (3:59am)
- 2FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.4) — best evening apparition. (3:23pm)
- 7WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (10:28am)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 15ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:33pm)
- 22ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (8:11am)
- 30FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:06am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Sat 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 7, 2:45am
- Full MoonTue 13, 8:40pm
- Last QuarterWed 21, 11:18am
- New MoonThu 29, 9:14am
Perigee 10 Aug (367,000 km) · Apogee 22 Aug (404,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 1.1 | 7:49am | 1:42pm | 7:36pm | Evening |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:17am | 11:15am | 4:13pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.7 | 6:01am | 10:53am | 3:45pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.8 | 10:56am | 5:53pm | 12:53am | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | 0.0 | 2:15am | 7:12am | 12:08pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.7 | 3:28am | 8:12am | 12:55pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 9:44pm | 3:38am | 9:28am | 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 bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2030
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.