The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2069
Highlights this month
- 10SatThe Moon passes Mars — 0.8° apart. (10:02am)
- 10SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (5:33pm)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 15% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 17SatVenus and Saturn in conjunction — 2° apart. (5:39pm)
- 19MonThe Moon passes Mercury — 0.3° apart. (11:35am)
- 20TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (1:57pm)
- 20TueThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (8:02pm)
- 23FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:32pm)
- 23FriUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:06pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sat 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSat 3, 9:53am
- Last QuarterSat 10, 5:43am
- New MoonSat 17, 7:59am
- First QuarterSun 25, 9:19am
Perigee 8 Aug (368,800 km) · Apogee 23 Aug (405,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.5 | 8:04am | 2:01pm | 7:58pm | Evening |
| Venus | Vir | −3.9 | 8:48am | 2:52pm | 8:56pm | Evening |
| Mars | Ari | −0.1 | 1:02am | 6:09am | 11:17am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −2.6 | 7:52pm | 2:14am | 8:31am | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.9 | 9:02am | 3:03pm | 9:04pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.6 | 12:19pm | 7:38pm | 3:01am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 4:40am | 9:27am | 2:15pm | 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 15% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2069
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 18 August 2026.