The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2094
Highlights this month
- 3TueSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:04pm)
- 3TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (1:43pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 27FriNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:16am)
- 29SunJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:35pm)
- 30MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (11:11pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 3, 5:58pm
- New MoonWed 11, 2:42pm
- First QuarterThu 19, 4:29pm
- Full Moon SupermoonThu 26, 10:54am
Apogee 13 Aug (406,200 km) · Perigee 26 Aug (356,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.2 | 8:04am | 1:46pm | 7:28pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:33am | 11:35am | 4:37pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.8 | 6:20am | 11:17am | 4:13pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Ari | −2.3 | 11:54pm | 5:16am | 10:35am | Morning |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.2 | 6:41am | 11:46am | 4:50pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 8:44pm | 2:51am | 8:53am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 7:39am | 1:06pm | 6:34pm | 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 2094
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.