The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2043
Highlights this month
- 2SunThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (5:00pm)
- 5WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (4:14pm)
- 7FriThe Moon passes Mercury — 3° apart. (4:50pm)
- 7FriVenus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:14pm)
- 10MonUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:55pm)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 55% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 16SunNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:35pm)
- 18TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:39pm)
- 21FriJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:17am)
- 31MonThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (7:47am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:21am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Mon 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Thu 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Mon 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonWed 5, 12:21pm
- First QuarterThu 13, 5:04am
- Full MoonFri 21, 1:09am
- Last QuarterThu 27, 11:09pm
Perigee 1 Aug (367,700 km) · Apogee 13 Aug (404,700 km) · Perigee 26 Aug (369,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.8 | 7:56am | 1:52pm | 7:47pm | Evening |
| Venus | Leo | −3.8 | 7:19am | 12:35pm | 5:50pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Gem | 1.5 | 4:52am | 9:35am | 2:18pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Oph | −2.2 | 12:57pm | 8:18pm | 3:43am | Evening |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.5 | 10:43am | 5:29pm | 12:18am | Evening |
| Uranus | Cnc | 5.6 | 6:59am | 12:09pm | 5:19pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Ari | 7.8 | 12:13am | 5:30am | 10:47am | 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 55% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2043
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.