The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2091
Highlights this month
- 7TueMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (1:31pm)
- 11SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (10:49pm)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 16ThuMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (10:55am)
- 20MonThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (12:02am)
- 20MonNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:19am)
- 25SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (8:41am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Fri 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Fri 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 7, 8:49pm
- New MoonWed 15, 10:26am
- First QuarterWed 22, 3:41am
- Full MoonWed 29, 10:43am
Apogee 6 Aug (404,800 km) · Perigee 18 Aug (365,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 0.1 | 6:04am | 11:08am | 4:12pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.8 | 7:29am | 12:49pm | 6:09pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.1 | 9:44am | 4:19pm | 10:55pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.4 | 2:21pm | 9:42pm | 5:06am | Evening |
| Saturn | Gem | 0.0 | 4:23am | 9:10am | 1:57pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.8 | 7:45pm | 2:07am | 8:25am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 7:22am | 12:43pm | 6:03pm | 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 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2091
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.