The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2066
Highlights this month
- 1SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (5:08am)
- 3TueVenus at greatest evening elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (12:38pm)
- 10TueUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:58am)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 46% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 19ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:59am)
- 24TueSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:39am)
- 25WedThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (2:25am)
- 27FriMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:09pm)
- 28SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (1:40pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonFri 6, 2:57am
- Last QuarterFri 13, 7:01am
- New MoonSat 21, 10:56am
- First QuarterSat 28, 6:28pm
Perigee 4 Aug (360,600 km) · Apogee 16 Aug (405,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.8 | 7:02am | 12:11pm | 5:20pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.5 | 8:51am | 3:10pm | 9:28pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:23am | 12:42pm | 6:00pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Sco | −1.9 | 11:33am | 6:41pm | 1:53am | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.5 | 7:33am | 12:54pm | 6:15pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Sco | 5.6 | 11:32am | 6:42pm | 1:56am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 4:13am | 9:00am | 1:48pm | 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 46% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2066
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.