The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2082
Highlights this month
- 4TueMars is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:12am)
- 4TueUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 5.7). (4:42am)
- 10MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (3:49pm)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 80% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 13ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (6:04pm)
- 24MonJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:11pm)
- 26WedThe Moon passes Mercury — 1° apart. (3:25am)
- 26WedMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:19pm)
- 27ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 0.2° apart. (11:40am)
- 29SatSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Aquarius (mag 0.3). (5:57am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Mon 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Thu 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Mon 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterSat 1, 9:19pm
- Full MoonSun 9, 12:34am
- Last QuarterMon 17, 2:10am
- New MoonMon 24, 11:21am
- First QuarterMon 31, 2:39am
Apogee 14 Aug (405,100 km) · Perigee 26 Aug (362,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.4 | 8:08am | 2:04pm | 8:01pm | Evening |
| Venus | Vir | −4.5 | 8:48am | 3:06pm | 9:25pm | Evening |
| Mars | Aqr | −2.6 | 7:11pm | 1:57am | 8:38am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Ari | −2.3 | 11:29pm | 4:57am | 10:21am | Morning |
| Saturn | Aqr | 0.4 | 6:43pm | 1:24am | 7:59am | Morning |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.7 | 4:37pm | 11:39pm | 6:44am | All night |
| Neptune | Cnc | 7.9 | 6:23am | 11:26am | 4:28pm | 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 80% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2082
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 26 August 2026.