The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2075
Highlights this month
- 9FriThe Moon passes Mars — 1.0° apart. (12:44am)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14WedMercury and Jupiter in conjunction — 2° apart. (1:18am)
- 14WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (1:54pm)
- 16FriSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:48pm)
- 20TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 1° apart. (9:42pm)
- 21WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (1:14pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Sat 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSun 4, 2:45am
- New MoonMon 12, 7:17am
- First QuarterMon 19, 7:17pm
- Full MoonMon 26, 10:49am
Apogee 8 Aug (405,800 km) · Perigee 24 Aug (362,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.1 | 8:12am | 2:04pm | 7:56pm | Evening |
| Venus | Leo | −3.8 | 7:26am | 12:44pm | 6:03pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Gem | 1.5 | 5:05am | 9:49am | 2:32pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.5 | 8:18am | 2:02pm | 7:46pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Oph | 0.3 | 12:15pm | 7:26pm | 2:42am | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 2:12pm | 9:34pm | 4:59am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 5:32am | 10:24am | 3:17pm | 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 thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2075
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.