The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2049
Highlights this month
- 5ThuMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:02am)
- 11WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (9:23pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 15SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (12:41pm)
- 25WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (9:22am)
- 28SatMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:06pm)
- 29SunNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:13pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterSat 7, 3:53am
- Full Moon SupermoonFri 13, 7:18pm
- Last QuarterFri 20, 5:14pm
- New MoonSat 28, 9:22pm
Perigee 13 Aug (357,600 km) · Apogee 25 Aug (406,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.3 | 8:09am | 2:05pm | 8:01pm | Evening |
| Venus | Gem | −3.8 | 5:15am | 10:07am | 2:58pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.7 | 7:03am | 12:13pm | 5:23pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.7 | 5:30am | 10:20am | 3:09pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.1 | 3:02pm | 10:18pm | 5:37am | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 8:08am | 1:49pm | 7:30pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.8 | 1:17am | 6:22am | 11:26am | 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 bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2049
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.