The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2067
Highlights this month
- 1MonVenus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:12am)
- 3WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:51am)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 9% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 15MonUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:45am)
- 21SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (4:53am)
- 30TueJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:07am)
- 31WedMars is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:00pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 2, 11:52am
- New MoonWed 10, 12:42pm
- First QuarterThu 18, 11:11am
- Full Moon SupermoonThu 25, 2:57am
Apogee 10 Aug (406,300 km) · Perigee 24 Aug (357,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.9 | 7:46am | 1:14pm | 6:42pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.8 | 7:24am | 12:42pm | 6:00pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Psc | −1.7 | 9:46pm | 3:47am | 9:45am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.3 | 1:36pm | 8:58pm | 4:24am | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.8 | 8:06am | 1:40pm | 7:14pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Sco | 5.6 | 11:48am | 7:02pm | 2:19am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 4:23am | 9:11am | 1:58pm | 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 9% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2067
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 17 August 2026.