The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2083
Highlights this month
- 2MonNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:34am)
- 8SunUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 5.7). (3:56pm)
- 9MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:28am)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 23MonMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:09pm)
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 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterThu 5, 10:41pm
- New MoonFri 13, 10:47pm
- First QuarterFri 20, 11:49pm
- Full MoonFri 27, 9:00pm
Apogee 7 Aug (404,900 km) · Perigee 22 Aug (369,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 2.6 | 7:25am | 1:12pm | 6:58pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.8 | 7:27am | 12:47pm | 6:06pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:43am | 1:10pm | 6:37pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.0 | 2:18am | 7:11am | 12:04pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Aqr | 0.7 | 7:49pm | 2:14am | 8:34am | Morning |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.7 | 4:59pm | 12:01am | 6:58am | All night |
| Neptune | Cnc | 7.9 | 6:31am | 11:35am | 4:40pm | 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 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2083
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.