The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2099

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
17MonMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:46pm)
18TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.9° apart. (9:29pm)
19WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (10:45pm)

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Sat 1	7:21am	5:32pm	10h 11m	7:03pm	5:50am
Mon 10	7:12am	5:40pm	10h 28m	7:09pm	5:42am
Thu 20	6:59am	5:48pm	10h 49m	7:17pm	5:30am
Mon 31	6:43am	5:58pm	11h 14m	7:25pm	5:16am

Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.

Apogee 5 Aug (405,700 km) · Perigee 18 Aug (359,000 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Leo	−1.9	7:08am	12:18pm	5:29pm	Hidden
Venus	Leo	−3.8	7:31am	12:52pm	6:13pm	Hidden
Mars	Psc	−1.3	10:46pm	4:30am	10:11am	Morning
Jupiter	Vir	−1.5	8:35am	2:27pm	8:19pm	Evening
Saturn	Vir	0.9	9:19am	3:28pm	9:37pm	Evening
Uranus	Psc	5.8	10:25pm	4:06am	9:44am	Morning
Neptune	Leo	8.0	8:07am	1:47pm	7:26pm	Hidden

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 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.

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.