The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2034
Highlights this month
- 4FriJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:34am)
- 4FriMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:11pm)
- 5SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.2° apart. (12:04pm)
- 13SunVenus at greatest evening elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (5:21am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 18FriThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (9:37am)
- 19SatMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:56pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterMon 7, 4:51pm
- New MoonMon 14, 1:52pm
- First QuarterTue 22, 10:49am
- Full MoonWed 30, 2:53am
Perigee 8 Aug (369,700 km) · Apogee 21 Aug (404,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.0 | 7:43am | 1:09pm | 6:35pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.4 | 8:56am | 3:13pm | 9:31pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.7 | 7:16am | 12:31pm | 5:46pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.5 | 9:46pm | 3:40am | 9:29am | Morning |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.1 | 5:55am | 10:49am | 3:42pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.7 | 4:42am | 9:25am | 2:08pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 10:28pm | 4:12am | 9:51am | 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 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2034
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.