The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2032
Highlights this month
- 3TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (3:30am)
- 3TueMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:36am)
- 12ThuMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.0) — best morning apparition. (7:19am)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 39% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 30MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (2:28pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:25pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonFri 6, 3:11pm
- First QuarterSat 14, 5:52pm
- Full Moon SupermoonSat 21, 11:53am
- Last QuarterSat 28, 5:35am
Apogee 8 Aug (406,200 km) · Perigee 21 Aug (356,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −0.4 | 6:09am | 11:10am | 4:12pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 8:06am | 1:43pm | 7:21pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.8 | 6:41am | 11:43am | 4:46pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.5 | 3:10pm | 10:26pm | 5:46am | Evening |
| Saturn | Gem | 0.0 | 4:13am | 9:00am | 1:47pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.7 | 4:04am | 8:46am | 1:28pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 10:04pm | 3:53am | 9:38am | 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 39% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2032
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.