The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2090
Highlights this month
- 1TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:42am)
- 5SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (6:15am)
- 6SunJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:00pm)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 92% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 15TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:35pm)
- 17ThuNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:30pm)
- 20SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (11:49pm)
- 25FriMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:00am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Thu 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterThu 3, 2:28am
- Full MoonThu 10, 4:51pm
- Last QuarterFri 18, 9:11pm
- New MoonFri 25, 7:04pm
Apogee 13 Aug (406,000 km) · Perigee 26 Aug (357,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 6.1 | 6:49am | 12:21pm | 5:52pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.5 | 8:46am | 3:04pm | 9:23pm | Evening |
| Mars | Gem | 1.4 | 4:42am | 9:25am | 2:08pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Oph | −2.0 | 12:03pm | 7:17pm | 2:35am | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.0 | 3:25am | 8:14am | 1:03pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.8 | 7:23pm | 1:51am | 8:14am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 7:15am | 12:33pm | 5:52pm | 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 bright 92% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2090
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.