The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2092
Highlights this month
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 79% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 14ThuJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag −2.7). (3:12am)
- 17SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.4° apart. (12:37pm)
- 21ThuNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:03pm)
- 23SatMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:08pm)
- 25MonVenus and Saturn in conjunction — 1° apart. (1:58am)
- 29FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (9:17am)
- 29FriThe Moon passes Venus — 0.4° apart. (6:35pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:20am | 5:33pm | 10h 12m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Wed 20 | 6:58am | 5:49pm | 10h 51m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sun 31 | 6:42am | 5:58pm | 11h 16m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 64 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSun 3, 7:57pm
- First QuarterMon 11, 1:22am
- Full MoonSun 17, 7:24pm
- Last QuarterMon 25, 10:35am
Perigee 14 Aug (367,300 km) · Apogee 26 Aug (404,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.5 | 6:46am | 11:51am | 4:57pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.1 | 4:27am | 9:21am | 2:14pm | Morning |
| Mars | Gem | 1.7 | 5:35am | 10:23am | 3:10pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.7 | 5:26pm | 12:22am | 7:13am | All night |
| Saturn | Gem | 0.0 | 5:13am | 10:02am | 2:51pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 8:02pm | 2:19am | 8:32am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 7:25am | 12:48pm | 6:11pm | 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 79% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2092
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 30 August 2026.