The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2037
Highlights this month
- 2SunNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:40pm)
- 4TueThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (3:00pm)
- 7FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:36pm)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 5% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14FriThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (11:37am)
- 22SatMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:23pm)
- 29SatSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:46pm)
- 31MonMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (11:00am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Mon 10 | 7:11am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Thu 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Mon 31 | 6:43am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 4, 5:53pm
- New MoonTue 11, 8:44pm
- First QuarterTue 18, 10:56am
- Full MoonWed 26, 5:14am
Apogee 1 Aug (405,700 km) · Perigee 13 Aug (359,300 km) · Apogee 28 Aug (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 3.1 | 7:20am | 1:04pm | 6:49pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.8 | 8:44am | 2:45pm | 8:46pm | Evening |
| Mars | Ari | −0.4 | 12:31am | 5:46am | 11:01am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.7 | 5:17am | 10:04am | 2:52pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.6 | 7:46am | 1:12pm | 6:38pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.7 | 5:32am | 10:20am | 3:08pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Ari | 7.8 | 11:01pm | 4:36am | 10:08am | 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 5% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2037
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.