The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2045
Highlights this month
- 1TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (6:00am)
- 6SunMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (7:54am)
- 9WedSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:09am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 15TueMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (5:27am)
- 15TueThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (7:42pm)
- 20SunUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:59am)
- 20SunNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:42pm)
- 28MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (5:38am)
- 30WedJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Aquarius (mag −2.7). (4:44pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Thu 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSun 6, 10:04am
- New MoonSun 13, 3:42am
- First QuarterSat 19, 9:52pm
- Full MoonMon 28, 12:12am
Perigee 13 Aug (356,700 km) · Apogee 26 Aug (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −0.1 | 6:05am | 11:08am | 4:11pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.8 | 8:45am | 2:47pm | 8:49pm | Evening |
| Mars | Gem | 1.7 | 5:43am | 10:32am | 3:20pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −2.7 | 6:56pm | 1:32am | 8:03am | Morning |
| Saturn | Sco | 0.3 | 11:51am | 6:57pm | 2:08am | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 7:22am | 12:42pm | 6:01pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Ari | 7.8 | 12:33am | 5:46am | 10:59am | 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 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2045
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.