The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2100
Highlights this month
- 1SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:37pm)
- 10TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (11:07pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 56% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonFri 6, 9:06am
- First QuarterFri 13, 5:09am
- Full MoonFri 20, 7:32am
- Last QuarterSat 28, 8:40am
Perigee 11 Aug (368,600 km) · Apogee 26 Aug (405,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.8 | 7:49am | 1:19pm | 6:50pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.1 | 4:28am | 9:21am | 2:15pm | Morning |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 8:01am | 1:38pm | 7:14pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.6 | 9:35am | 3:57pm | 10:20pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.7 | 9:48am | 4:10pm | 10:33pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 10:46pm | 4:23am | 9:55am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 8:14am | 1:56pm | 7:38pm | Evening |
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 56% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2100
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.