The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — July 2087
Highlights this month
- 1TueMercury at greatest morning elongation (22° from the Sun, mag 0.4) — best morning apparition. (1:43pm)
- 3ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (2:36am)
- 3ThuVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:47am)
- 24ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (6:11am)
- 26SatVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:50am)
- 29TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:38pm)
- 30WedMars and Jupiter in conjunction — 0.3° apart. (9:49am)
- 30WedSouthern Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaks (up to 25/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 30WedAlpha Capricornids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:38am | 5:10pm | 9h 33m | 6:45pm | 6:03am |
| Thu 10 | 7:36am | 5:15pm | 9h 40m | 6:49pm | 6:02am |
| Sun 20 | 7:31am | 5:22pm | 9h 51m | 6:55pm | 5:58am |
| Thu 31 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 09m | 7:02pm | 5:51am |
Days lengthen by about 36 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterTue 8, 4:27am
- Full MoonWed 16, 6:03am
- Last QuarterWed 23, 8:49am
- New MoonWed 30, 4:17am
Apogee 10 Jul (405,100 km) · Perigee 25 Jul (368,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Gem | −0.9 | 6:32am | 11:18am | 4:05pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −4.0 | 8:13am | 1:29pm | 6:44pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.7 | 9:57am | 3:31pm | 9:05pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.6 | 10:14am | 3:55pm | 9:36pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.3 | 2:10am | 7:30am | 12:49pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.8 | 8:30pm | 3:11am | 9:48am | Morning |
| Neptune | Cnc | 7.9 | 8:56am | 2:07pm | 7:18pm | Evening |
Meteor showers
- Southern Delta Aquariids — peaks 30 July, radiant in Aquarius (up to 25/hr). A favourite southern shower with a high radiant — steady rates through the small hours; overlaps the Alpha Capricornids. A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- Alpha Capricornids — peaks 30 July, radiant in Capricornus (up to 5/hr). Low rates but noted for slow, bright fireballs; radiant well placed from the south. A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — July 2087
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 28 August 2026.