The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2071
Highlights this month
- 2SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.1° apart. (3:47am)
- 2SunMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:47pm)
- 12WedMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:23am)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 95% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 19WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (5:53pm)
- 20ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (4:45pm)
- 21FriMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (1:06am)
- 21FriVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:11am)
- 23SunThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (1:21pm)
- 29SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.3° apart. (4:08pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Mon 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Thu 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Mon 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 3, 7:07am
- Full MoonTue 11, 9:40am
- Last QuarterWed 19, 4:03am
- New MoonTue 25, 6:20pm
Apogee 9 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 24 Aug (359,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 1.0 | 6:07am | 11:15am | 4:24pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −4.3 | 5:27am | 10:47am | 4:08pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 0.7 | 2:47am | 7:36am | 12:25pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.1 | 1:57am | 6:53am | 11:49am | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.7 | 10:00am | 4:28pm | 10:56pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.6 | 12:56pm | 8:18pm | 3:44am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 4:59am | 9:48am | 2:37pm | 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 bright 95% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2071
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 19 August 2026.