The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2074
Highlights this month
- 1WedVenus at greatest evening elongation (46° from the Sun, mag −4.3) — best evening apparition. (2:37am)
- 2ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (6:37am)
- 4SatSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:20pm)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 64% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 17FriJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:43am)
- 24FriThe Moon passes Mercury — 4° apart. (8:45pm)
- 29WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (12:54pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Fri 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Fri 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 7, 12:07pm
- Last QuarterWed 15, 4:11am
- New MoonThu 23, 1:02am
- First QuarterWed 29, 10:13pm
Perigee 3 Aug (367,900 km) · Apogee 15 Aug (404,700 km) · Perigee 28 Aug (369,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.4 | 7:58am | 1:35pm | 7:13pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.5 | 8:50am | 3:08pm | 9:27pm | Evening |
| Mars | Vir | 1.4 | 9:23am | 3:46pm | 10:09pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.6 | 7:15am | 12:31pm | 5:47pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.3 | 11:35am | 6:38pm | 1:45am | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 1:51pm | 9:14pm | 4:40am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 5:23am | 10:14am | 3:06pm | Hidden |
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 64% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2074
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.