The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2076
Highlights this month
- 2SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.4) — best evening apparition. (9:15pm)
- 5WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (12:47pm)
- 6ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (9:16pm)
- 11TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 1° apart. (3:12am)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 97% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 15SatMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:26pm)
- 25TueThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (11:15pm)
- 27ThuSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:33am)
- 30SunMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:43am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 12m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Mon 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Thu 20 | 6:58am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Mon 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterSat 8, 9:24am
- Full Moon SupermoonSat 15, 3:14am
- Last QuarterFri 21, 9:03pm
- New MoonSat 29, 11:49pm
Apogee 1 Aug (406,200 km) · Perigee 15 Aug (356,700 km) · Apogee 28 Aug (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 1.1 | 7:48am | 1:43pm | 7:38pm | Evening |
| Venus | Gem | −4.1 | 4:24am | 9:18am | 2:13pm | Morning |
| Mars | Vir | 0.9 | 9:57am | 4:41pm | 11:25pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 9:14am | 3:28pm | 9:42pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Oph | 0.2 | 12:55pm | 8:12pm | 3:33am | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 2:29pm | 9:49pm | 5:13am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 5:37am | 10:31am | 3:24pm | 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 97% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2076
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 21 August 2026.