The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2079
Highlights this month
- 9WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (5:48pm)
- 11FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (11:02am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 18FriVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:06pm)
- 22TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:27am)
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 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterSat 5, 12:36am
- Full MoonSun 13, 3:06am
- Last QuarterSun 20, 10:02am
- New MoonSun 27, 3:03am
Apogee 7 Aug (405,300 km) · Perigee 23 Aug (366,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.7 | 6:53am | 11:59am | 5:05pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.4 | 5:19am | 10:37am | 3:55pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.8 | 6:36am | 11:36am | 4:37pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.3 | 1:58pm | 9:20pm | 4:45am | Evening |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.1 | 3:37pm | 10:49pm | 6:04am | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 3:35pm | 10:47pm | 6:04am | Evening |
| Neptune | Cnc | 7.9 | 6:03am | 11:00am | 3:58pm | 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 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2079
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 23 August 2026.