The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2072
Highlights this month
- 2TueMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag 0.1) — best morning apparition. (11:40pm)
- 11ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (2:31am)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 16TueThe Moon passes Venus — 0.7° apart. (2:54am)
- 17WedThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (6:59am)
- 19FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (3:20pm)
- 28SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:02am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 12m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Sat 20 | 6:58am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Wed 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSun 7, 2:21pm
- New MoonSun 14, 11:26am
- First QuarterSun 21, 3:16am
- Full MoonMon 29, 2:03am
Apogee 2 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 15 Aug (357,200 km) · Apogee 29 Aug (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.2 | 6:32am | 11:34am | 4:36pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 8:12am | 1:54pm | 7:36pm | Evening |
| Mars | Vir | 1.7 | 8:51am | 2:56pm | 9:02pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.8 | 4:12am | 8:56am | 1:41pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.5 | 10:27am | 5:07pm | 11:48pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.6 | 1:11pm | 8:34pm | 4:01am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 5:05am | 9:54am | 2:44pm | 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 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2072
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.