The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2061
Highlights this month
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 6% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 18ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 0.2° apart. (11:28pm)
- 21SunThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (11:08pm)
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 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Wed 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonMon 1, 8:17pm
- Last QuarterTue 9, 2:12am
- New MoonMon 15, 7:39pm
- First QuarterTue 23, 11:26am
- Full MoonWed 31, 8:23am
Perigee 12 Aug (367,200 km) · Apogee 24 Aug (404,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.3 | 8:02am | 1:42pm | 7:23pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.9 | 8:47am | 2:50pm | 8:54pm | Evening |
| Mars | Lib | 0.7 | 10:15am | 5:07pm | 12:01am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.7 | 5:44am | 10:35am | 3:27pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.0 | 3:51am | 8:38am | 1:26pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 10:23am | 5:11pm | 12:02am | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 3:24am | 8:13am | 1:01pm | 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 6% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2061
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.