The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2064
Highlights this month
- 9SatMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:03pm)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 19TueMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:39am)
- 27WedMercury at greatest morning elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.2) — best morning apparition. (11:46am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 12m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Wed 20 | 6:58am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sun 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 5, 7:44pm
- New MoonWed 13, 3:52am
- First QuarterTue 19, 6:52pm
- Full MoonWed 27, 7:39am
Apogee 3 Aug (405,200 km) · Perigee 15 Aug (362,300 km) · Apogee 31 Aug (405,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 3.5 | 6:23am | 11:43am | 5:02pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 8:11am | 1:52pm | 7:33pm | Evening |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.8 | 6:49am | 11:54am | 5:00pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 9:06am | 3:16pm | 9:25pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.1 | 6:18am | 11:17am | 4:16pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 11:01am | 6:03pm | 1:09am | Evening |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.9 | 3:52am | 8:40am | 1:27pm | 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 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2064
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 16 August 2026.