The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2080
Highlights this month
- 1ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (11:36am)
- 1ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (10:23pm)
- 4SunSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 0.1). (2:43am)
- 4SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:06pm)
- 8ThuJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag −2.7). (10:43pm)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 7% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 17SatThe Moon passes Venus — 0.0° apart. (11:48am)
- 24SatThe Moon passes Mars — 1° apart. (7:23pm)
- 28WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (2:00pm)
- 28WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (9:49pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:20am | 5:32pm | 10h 12m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Tue 20 | 6:58am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sat 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 1, 5:15am
- Last QuarterFri 9, 3:27am
- New MoonThu 15, 6:18pm
- First QuarterThu 22, 5:10pm
- Full MoonFri 30, 8:43pm
Perigee 15 Aug (357,700 km) · Apogee 27 Aug (406,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.0 | 7:41am | 1:08pm | 6:35pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 8:13am | 1:56pm | 7:39pm | Evening |
| Mars | Oph | −1.3 | 12:29pm | 8:08pm | 3:50am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.7 | 4:58pm | 11:55pm | 6:57am | All night |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.1 | 4:35pm | 11:37pm | 6:43am | All night |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.7 | 3:53pm | 11:02pm | 6:15am | Evening |
| Neptune | Cnc | 7.9 | 6:07am | 11:06am | 4:06pm | 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 thin 7% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2080
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 25 August 2026.