The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2053
Highlights this month
- 3SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (1:28am)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 16SatMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:44am)
- 17SunThe Moon passes Venus — 1.0° apart. (7:26am)
- 19TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (8:53am)
- 30SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (4:06am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sun 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterThu 7, 8:31pm
- New MoonThu 14, 10:44am
- First QuarterThu 21, 2:31pm
- Full MoonFri 29, 5:55pm
Perigee 13 Aug (360,000 km) · Apogee 25 Aug (405,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.9 | 7:11am | 12:23pm | 5:35pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.8 | 8:46am | 2:48pm | 8:51pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 8:05am | 1:44pm | 7:22pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.6 | 10:01am | 4:37pm | 11:13pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Aqr | 0.5 | 7:11pm | 1:45am | 8:14am | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.6 | 8:52am | 2:55pm | 8:59pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 2:01am | 6:58am | 11:56am | 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 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2053
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.