The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2086
Highlights this month
- 3SatThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (8:43pm)
- 8ThuNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:25pm)
- 12MonSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:39pm)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:42pm)
- 20TueUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Aquarius (mag 5.7). (10:09pm)
- 21WedJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:42pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sat 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterFri 2, 11:04am
- New MoonFri 9, 8:37pm
- First QuarterSun 18, 12:12am
- Full MoonSun 25, 3:33am
- Last QuarterSat 31, 5:53pm
Apogee 14 Aug (405,600 km) · Perigee 26 Aug (359,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.9 | 7:16am | 12:30pm | 5:44pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:31am | 11:32am | 4:34pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 0.5 | 2:11am | 7:05am | 12:00pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.6 | 7:24am | 12:44pm | 6:04pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.3 | 11:04pm | 4:41am | 10:14am | Morning |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.7 | 6:01pm | 12:48am | 7:32am | All night |
| Neptune | Cnc | 8.0 | 6:50am | 12:00pm | 5:10pm | 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 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2086
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.