The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2070
Highlights this month
- 6WedMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:00am)
- 9SatThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (2:45am)
- 11MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (7:21am)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 45% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 19TueJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:18pm)
- 20WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:42pm)
- 26TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.4° apart. (6:07pm)
- 28ThuUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (4:32pm)
- 29FriMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:59pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sun 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonWed 6, 6:50pm
- First QuarterThu 14, 5:48am
- Full MoonFri 22, 5:58am
- Last QuarterFri 29, 8:42am
Perigee 4 Aug (364,200 km) · Apogee 16 Aug (405,000 km) · Perigee 31 Aug (369,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 3.9 | 7:12am | 12:53pm | 6:34pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:27am | 11:27am | 4:28pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 8:23am | 2:11pm | 8:00pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Ari | −2.4 | 11:04pm | 4:38am | 10:08am | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.8 | 9:31am | 3:45pm | 10:00pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.6 | 12:37pm | 7:58pm | 3:22am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 4:49am | 9:38am | 2:26pm | 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 45% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2070
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.