The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2098
Highlights this month
- 1FriThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (12:45am)
- 1FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.5° apart. (6:30am)
- 5TueVenus and Saturn in conjunction — 4° apart. (1:45am)
- 8FriMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag 0.0) — best morning apparition. (9:28pm)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 26TueJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:54am)
- 28ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.8° apart. (9:16pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sun 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 4, 11:45am
- Full MoonTue 12, 11:45am
- Last QuarterWed 20, 10:47am
- New MoonWed 27, 1:57am
Apogee 12 Aug (406,300 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 | Cnc | −0.8 | 6:15am | 11:16am | 4:17pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.5 | 8:44am | 3:02pm | 9:21pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:30am | 12:52pm | 6:14pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.5 | 7:33am | 12:57pm | 6:21pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Vir | 1.0 | 8:50am | 2:45pm | 8:40pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 10:04pm | 3:50am | 9:33am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 8:01am | 1:38pm | 7:15pm | 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 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2098
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 1 September 2026.