The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2101
Highlights this month
- 5FriUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:19am)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 82% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 27SatThe Moon passes Mercury — 1° apart. (11:12am)
- 27SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.2) — best evening apparition. (1:31pm)
- 28SunThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (4:43pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 3, 2:40am
- Full MoonTue 9, 6:22pm
- Last QuarterWed 17, 5:03am
- New MoonThu 25, 5:49am
Perigee 7 Aug (364,300 km) · Apogee 19 Aug (405,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.0 | 8:10am | 1:58pm | 7:46pm | Evening |
| Venus | Vir | −3.9 | 8:52am | 2:57pm | 9:03pm | Evening |
| Mars | Tau | 0.1 | 1:30am | 6:32am | 11:35am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.8 | 10:45am | 5:38pm | 12:34am | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.6 | 10:18am | 4:53pm | 11:29pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Ari | 5.8 | 11:07pm | 4:39am | 10:06am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 8:20am | 2:05pm | 7:49pm | 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 bright 82% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2101
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 2 September 2026.