The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2102
Highlights this month
- 9WedUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:54pm)
- 9WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (10:47pm)
- 12SatJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:41am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 16WedThe Moon passes Mercury — 1° apart. (5:53pm)
- 17ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (3:00am)
- 23WedMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:32am)
- 23WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (8:08am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:43am |
| Sun 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:45am | 5:57pm | 11h 12m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSun 6, 6:10am
- New MoonMon 14, 9:42am
- First QuarterTue 22, 3:12am
- Full MoonMon 28, 6:05pm
Apogee 12 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 27 Aug (359,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.5 | 8:05am | 2:01pm | 7:57pm | Evening |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:35am | 11:36am | 4:38pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 8:31am | 2:23pm | 8:15pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Oph | −2.1 | 12:22pm | 7:39pm | 3:00am | Evening |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.5 | 10:50am | 5:38pm | 12:29am | Evening |
| Uranus | Ari | 5.8 | 11:29pm | 4:55am | 10:18am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 8:27am | 2:13pm | 8:00pm | 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 thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2102
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.