The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2077
Highlights this month
- 2MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (5:04am)
- 12ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:01pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 26% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 22SunMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:58am)
- 22SunThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (6:08pm)
- 25WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (2:31am)
- 29SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (12:57pm)
- 30MonMercury at greatest morning elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.2) — best morning apparition. (8:46am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonWed 4, 7:54pm
- Last QuarterWed 11, 10:20am
- New MoonThu 19, 12:18am
- First QuarterFri 27, 4:31am
Perigee 6 Aug (361,600 km) · Apogee 22 Aug (406,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 5.3 | 6:35am | 12:01pm | 5:26pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.9 | 8:49am | 2:53pm | 8:58pm | Evening |
| Mars | Gem | 1.7 | 5:54am | 10:44am | 3:35pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.7 | 10:20am | 5:05pm | 11:49pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.1 | 1:45pm | 9:04pm | 4:27am | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 2:51pm | 10:09pm | 5:31am | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.9 | 5:46am | 10:41am | 3:35pm | 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 26% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2077
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.