The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2048
Highlights this month
- 5WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.9° apart. (3:50pm)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 18TueThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (7:34pm)
- 20ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.8° apart. (2:09pm)
- 27ThuNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:55am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Mon 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Thu 20 | 6:58am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Mon 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSun 2, 12:33am
- New MoonMon 10, 4:05am
- First QuarterMon 17, 10:34am
- Full MoonMon 24, 4:03am
- Last QuarterMon 31, 5:45pm
Apogee 5 Aug (405,400 km) · Perigee 20 Aug (366,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.2 | 8:05am | 1:48pm | 7:32pm | Evening |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 8:08am | 1:48pm | 7:27pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Oph | −0.9 | 11:55am | 7:27pm | 3:02am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.9 | 3:36am | 8:22am | 1:07pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.1 | 2:06pm | 9:25pm | 4:48am | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 7:56am | 1:32pm | 7:07pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.8 | 1:05am | 6:12am | 11:18am | 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 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2048
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.