The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2054
Highlights this month
- 11TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (12:37pm)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 78% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 21FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.1° apart. (7:44am)
- 27ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (5:40am)
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 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Thu 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Mon 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonTue 4, 3:52am
- First QuarterMon 10, 8:01pm
- Full MoonTue 18, 7:24pm
- Last QuarterWed 26, 7:04pm
Perigee 4 Aug (357,000 km) · Apogee 18 Aug (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.7 | 7:51am | 1:23pm | 6:55pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:23am | 11:22am | 4:22pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 0.3 | 1:48am | 6:46am | 11:45am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.9 | 11:20am | 6:25pm | 1:33am | Evening |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.8 | 8:17pm | 2:35am | 8:49am | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.6 | 9:04am | 3:13pm | 9:22pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 2:12am | 7:08am | 12:04pm | 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 78% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2054
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.