The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2047
Highlights this month
- 3SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (12:40am)
- 6TueVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:06pm)
- 7WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:34pm)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 54% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 25SunNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:34pm)
- 27TueVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (7:58pm)
- 30FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (5:16am)
- 30FriUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:38pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Sat 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 6, 6:38am
- Last QuarterWed 14, 3:32am
- New MoonWed 21, 7:20pm
- First QuarterWed 28, 12:49pm
Apogee 13 Aug (404,800 km) · Perigee 25 Aug (366,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.2 | 7:37am | 12:59pm | 6:22pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.9 | 5:55am | 11:24am | 4:52pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.8 | 6:27am | 11:25am | 4:23pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.1 | 1:11am | 6:15am | 11:19am | Morning |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.2 | 1:19pm | 8:37pm | 3:59am | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 7:48am | 1:18pm | 6:48pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Ari | 7.8 | 12:57am | 6:06am | 11:14am | 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 54% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2047
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.