The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2041
Highlights this month
- 3SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.6° apart. (3:57pm)
- 4SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.2° apart. (3:16am)
- 11SunNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:13pm)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 98% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 21WedThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (8:56pm)
- 29ThuThe Moon passes Mercury — 4° apart. (9:01am)
- 31SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.9° apart. (2:38am)
- 31SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.3° apart. (5:33pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sat 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 5, 2:52pm
- Full Moon SupermoonMon 12, 12:11pm
- Last QuarterMon 19, 3:44am
- New MoonTue 27, 2:15am
Perigee 13 Aug (357,200 km) · Apogee 27 Aug (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.5 | 7:56am | 1:31pm | 7:06pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.8 | 5:13am | 10:04am | 2:56pm | Morning |
| Mars | Tau | 1.1 | 3:48am | 8:31am | 1:14pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.6 | 9:52am | 4:23pm | 10:55pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.7 | 9:42am | 4:02pm | 10:22pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Cnc | 5.6 | 6:31am | 11:32am | 4:33pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Ari | 7.8 | 11:45pm | 5:11am | 10:33am | 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 98% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2041
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.