The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2031
Highlights this month
- 11MonVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:07pm)
- 12TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:03pm)
- 13WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.8° apart. (4:27am)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 20% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 16SatJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:44pm)
- 21ThuMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:35pm)
- 26TueThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (12:18am)
- 27WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (9:33am)
- 30SatMercury at greatest morning elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.2) — best morning apparition. (3:28am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:02pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Sun 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full Moon SupermoonSun 3, 11:44am
- Last QuarterSun 10, 10:28am
- New MoonMon 18, 2:37pm
- First QuarterTue 26, 4:40am
Perigee 2 Aug (357,900 km) · Apogee 15 Aug (405,900 km) · Perigee 30 Aug (361,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 5.1 | 6:35am | 11:59am | 5:23pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.6 | 6:16am | 11:51am | 5:25pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Lib | −0.0 | 10:59am | 6:12pm | 1:26am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Oph | −2.1 | 12:39pm | 7:58pm | 3:21am | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.0 | 3:18am | 8:07am | 12:57pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.7 | 3:49am | 8:31am | 1:13pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 9:56pm | 3:47am | 9:35am | 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 20% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2031
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.