The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2042
Highlights this month
- 5TueUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:14pm)
- 10SunVenus at greatest evening elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (7:04pm)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 7% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14ThuNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:56am)
- 18MonThe Moon passes Mercury — 4° apart. (1:46pm)
- 20WedThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (6:25am)
- 20WedThe Moon passes Mars — 0.1° apart. (2:17pm)
- 21ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (8:48pm)
- 23SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (7:39am)
- 23SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (5:39pm)
- 27WedVenus and Mars in conjunction — 4° apart. (12:29pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Sun 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSat 2, 3:42am
- Last QuarterFri 8, 8:35pm
- New MoonSat 16, 3:58am
- First QuarterSun 24, 7:58am
- Full MoonSun 31, 12:11pm
Perigee 5 Aug (365,500 km) · Apogee 21 Aug (405,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.1 | 8:11am | 2:02pm | 7:54pm | Evening |
| Venus | Vir | −4.4 | 8:55am | 3:13pm | 9:31pm | Evening |
| Mars | Vir | 1.5 | 9:16am | 3:34pm | 9:53pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.9 | 11:08am | 6:09pm | 1:13am | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.6 | 10:12am | 4:45pm | 11:18pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Cnc | 5.6 | 6:45am | 11:51am | 4:56pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Ari | 7.8 | 12:01am | 5:21am | 10:40am | 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 7% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2042
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.