The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2050
Highlights this month
- 8MonJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:36am)
- 8MonVenus at greatest evening elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (8:51am)
- 10WedMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:58pm)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 16% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14SunMars at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag −2.9). (5:25pm)
- 22MonThe Moon passes Venus — 0.0° apart. (12:48am)
- 25ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:31pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonWed 3, 12:26pm
- Last QuarterWed 10, 2:50am
- New MoonWed 17, 9:46pm
- First QuarterFri 26, 12:57am
Perigee 4 Aug (358,800 km) · Apogee 19 Aug (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 2.1 | 7:32am | 1:21pm | 7:10pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.4 | 8:54am | 3:12pm | 9:30pm | Evening |
| Mars | Cap | −2.9 | 5:16pm | 12:33am | 7:44am | All night |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −1.6 | 6:55am | 12:04pm | 5:13pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.1 | 4:03pm | 11:10pm | 6:22am | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 8:20am | 2:07pm | 7:53pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 1:29am | 6:32am | 11:34am | 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 16% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2050
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.