The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2059
Highlights this month
- 1FriMercury at greatest morning elongation (20° from the Sun, mag 0.1) — best morning apparition. (12:24am)
- 2SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (11:50am)
- 2SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (7:46pm)
- 3SunVenus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:50am)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (6:02am)
- 26TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:54am)
- 29FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (10:58pm)
- 30SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (4:09am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Sun 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterFri 1, 2:45am
- New MoonFri 8, 5:37pm
- First QuarterSat 16, 9:40pm
- Full Moon SupermoonSat 23, 7:49pm
- Last QuarterSat 30, 11:06am
Apogee 11 Aug (406,000 km) · Perigee 24 Aug (357,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.4 | 6:38am | 11:41am | 4:43pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.8 | 7:22am | 12:40pm | 5:57pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.2 | 9:36am | 4:07pm | 10:37pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.1 | 1:34am | 6:34am | 11:34am | Morning |
| Saturn | Tau | 0.0 | 1:49am | 6:50am | 11:51am | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.6 | 10:00am | 4:38pm | 11:15pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 3:06am | 7:56am | 12:46pm | 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 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2059
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.