The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2073
Highlights this month
- 1TueThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (9:08am)
- 10ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (9:00pm)
- 12SatMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:49am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 80% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 29TueThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (4:13am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Thu 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonFri 4, 3:07am
- First QuarterThu 10, 7:52pm
- Full MoonFri 18, 3:48am
- Last QuarterSat 26, 7:07am
Perigee 7 Aug (365,300 km) · Apogee 23 Aug (405,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.6 | 7:24am | 12:41pm | 5:59pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.7 | 5:22am | 10:14am | 3:05pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Gem | 1.2 | 4:03am | 8:46am | 1:28pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −1.7 | 5:56am | 10:50am | 3:44pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.4 | 11:00am | 5:52pm | 12:48am | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.6 | 1:31pm | 8:54pm | 4:21am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 5:14am | 10:04am | 2:55pm | 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 80% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2073
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 20 August 2026.