The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2085
Highlights this month
- 5SunMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag 0.1) — best morning apparition. (10:41pm)
- 6MonNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:12am)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 41% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 16ThuUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 5.7). (12:37pm)
- 24FriThe Moon passes Venus — 5° apart. (2:35pm)
- 31FriMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:26am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 12m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Fri 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Mon 20 | 6:58am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Fri 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full Moon SupermoonMon 6, 3:31am
- Last QuarterSun 12, 7:00pm
- New MoonMon 20, 7:16pm
- First QuarterTue 28, 6:32pm
Perigee 6 Aug (357,000 km) · Apogee 20 Aug (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.0 | 6:23am | 11:24am | 4:25pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.9 | 8:49am | 2:55pm | 9:01pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 8:11am | 1:54pm | 7:36pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −1.6 | 6:08am | 11:05am | 4:02pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.4 | 9:57pm | 3:50am | 9:39am | Morning |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.7 | 5:39pm | 12:31am | 7:19am | All night |
| Neptune | Cnc | 8.0 | 6:42am | 11:51am | 4:59pm | 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 41% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2085
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 27 August 2026.