The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2038
Highlights this month
- 3TueJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:21pm)
- 3TueThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (4:22pm)
- 4WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (12:13am)
- 4WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:50pm)
- 5ThuNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:40am)
- 12ThuMars and Saturn in conjunction — 0.9° apart. (11:52am)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 97% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 14SatMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (4:07am)
- 22SunMercury at greatest morning elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (5:15pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSun 1, 10:43am
- First QuarterSun 8, 6:22am
- Full MoonSun 15, 8:56am
- Last QuarterMon 23, 9:09am
- New MoonMon 30, 8:17pm
Perigee 6 Aug (368,900 km) · Apogee 21 Aug (405,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 1.5 | 6:10am | 11:20am | 4:31pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:19am | 11:17am | 4:16pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 8:17am | 2:01pm | 7:46pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −1.6 | 6:45am | 11:50am | 4:56pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.9 | 8:18am | 1:57pm | 7:36pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.7 | 5:48am | 10:39am | 3:29pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Ari | 7.8 | 11:13pm | 4:46am | 10:15am | 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 97% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2038
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.