The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2095
Highlights this month
- 2TueThe Moon passes Mercury — 5° apart. (6:21pm)
- 10WedThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (9:14am)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 92% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 14SunVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (7:39am)
- 16TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (6:27pm)
- 18ThuSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:50am)
- 23TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.6° apart. (6:12pm)
- 29MonNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:45pm)
- 29MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:58pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 8, 7:17pm
- Full MoonTue 16, 3:21am
- Last QuarterMon 22, 6:00pm
- New MoonTue 30, 7:06am
Apogee 6 Aug (405,200 km) · Perigee 18 Aug (362,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.3 | 8:10am | 2:05pm | 8:01pm | Evening |
| Venus | Gem | −4.5 | 5:04am | 10:18am | 3:32pm | Morning |
| Mars | Sco | −0.6 | 11:37am | 7:04pm | 2:32am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.0 | 2:39am | 7:29am | 12:19pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.4 | 7:19am | 12:34pm | 5:50pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 9:05pm | 3:07am | 9:04am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 7:45am | 1:15pm | 6:45pm | 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 2095
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 31 August 2026.