The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2088
Highlights this month
- 11WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.0° apart. (1:09am)
- 12ThuNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:37pm)
- 12ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (9:12pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 16% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 19ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (12:35am)
- 19ThuThe Moon passes Mercury — 2° apart. (3:38am)
- 20FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (8:51pm)
- 23MonMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (1:24pm)
- 28SatUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Aquarius (mag 5.8). (3:57pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:20am | 5:33pm | 10h 12m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Fri 20 | 6:58am | 5:49pm | 10h 51m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 16m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 64 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonMon 2, 11:47pm
- Last QuarterTue 10, 11:01am
- New MoonTue 17, 2:15am
- First QuarterTue 24, 12:15pm
Perigee 14 Aug (363,600 km) · Apogee 26 Aug (405,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.1 | 8:10am | 2:02pm | 7:54pm | Evening |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 8:15am | 1:58pm | 7:42pm | Evening |
| Mars | Tau | 1.1 | 3:36am | 8:20am | 1:03pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.6 | 9:23am | 3:41pm | 9:59pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | 0.1 | 1:18am | 6:23am | 11:29am | Morning |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.8 | 6:40pm | 1:18am | 7:51am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 7:01am | 12:15pm | 5:29pm | 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 16% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2088
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.