The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2062
Highlights this month
- 7MonThe Moon passes Mercury — 1° apart. (5:56am)
- 12SatJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:12pm)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 62% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 18FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (1:00pm)
- 31ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:39pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSat 5, 10:43am
- First QuarterSat 12, 10:24am
- Full MoonSun 20, 1:57pm
- Last QuarterMon 28, 3:54am
Perigee 4 Aug (358,000 km) · Apogee 17 Aug (405,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.2 | 8:11am | 2:05pm | 8:00pm | Evening |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:25am | 11:25am | 4:25pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.7 | 6:11am | 11:05am | 3:59pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.6 | 7:05am | 12:18pm | 5:30pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Gem | 0.0 | 4:46am | 9:34am | 2:21pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 10:36am | 5:29pm | 12:26am | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 3:35am | 8:23am | 1:11pm | 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 62% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2062
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 August 2026.