The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2058
Highlights this month
- 5MonVenus at greatest evening elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (10:43pm)
- 9FriMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:50am)
- 9FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (5:38pm)
- 11SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.4° apart. (2:42pm)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 29% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 14WedJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:35am)
- 15ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (10:15am)
- 18SunMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (3:23am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Sat 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full Moon SupermoonSun 4, 7:38pm
- Last QuarterSun 11, 2:03pm
- New MoonMon 19, 5:08pm
- First QuarterTue 27, 12:11pm
Perigee 4 Aug (356,700 km) · Apogee 17 Aug (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 0.4 | 6:04am | 11:10am | 4:15pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.4 | 8:53am | 3:11pm | 9:29pm | Evening |
| Mars | Gem | 1.4 | 4:29am | 9:11am | 1:53pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.4 | 10:38pm | 4:18am | 9:55am | Morning |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.1 | 12:43am | 5:56am | 11:08am | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.6 | 9:48am | 4:20pm | 10:52pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 2:54am | 7:46am | 12:37pm | 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 29% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2058
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.