The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2063
Highlights this month
- 2ThuVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:16am)
- 2ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (10:43pm)
- 7TueMercury and Jupiter in conjunction — 4° apart. (6:57pm)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 86% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 13MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:15pm)
- 23ThuVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:11am)
- 28TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:17pm)
- 31FriThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (7:32am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Fri 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Fri 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 1, 7:06pm
- Full MoonThu 9, 2:41pm
- Last QuarterFri 17, 5:08pm
- New MoonFri 24, 11:21am
- First QuarterFri 31, 5:00am
Apogee 11 Aug (406,200 km) · Perigee 24 Aug (356,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 1.4 | 7:43am | 1:35pm | 7:28pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −4.2 | 5:36am | 10:59am | 4:21pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Lib | −0.3 | 11:16am | 6:36pm | 1:57am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.5 | 8:10am | 1:50pm | 7:30pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Gem | 0.1 | 5:37am | 10:28am | 3:19pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 10:50am | 5:48pm | 12:50am | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 3:46am | 8:33am | 1:21pm | 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 86% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2063
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.