The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2089
Highlights this month
- 2TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (8:24am)
- 4ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (9:59am)
- 5FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (10:05pm)
- 8MonThe Moon passes Mercury — 0.3° apart. (4:33pm)
- 10WedThe Moon passes Mars — 0.5° apart. (9:38am)
- 12FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (7:02pm)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 51% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 15MonNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:35am)
- 19FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:32am)
- 29MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (6:59pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 12m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Sat 20 | 6:58am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Wed 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSat 6, 6:33pm
- First QuarterSat 13, 2:00pm
- Full MoonSun 21, 4:17pm
- Last QuarterMon 29, 11:39am
Perigee 6 Aug (356,800 km) · Apogee 19 Aug (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.8 | 7:56am | 1:52pm | 7:49pm | Evening |
| Venus | Gem | −3.7 | 5:26am | 10:18am | 3:10pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.5 | 9:10am | 3:26pm | 9:42pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.7 | 10:31am | 5:19pm | 12:11am | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | 0.0 | 2:23am | 7:18am | 12:14pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.8 | 7:02pm | 1:34am | 8:03am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 7:08am | 12:24pm | 5:41pm | 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 51% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2089
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 29 August 2026.