The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2103
Highlights this month
- 5SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:19am)
- 5SunThe Moon passes Mercury — 0.4° apart. (9:08am)
- 13MonVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (1:15am)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 72% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 14TueUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:02am)
- 16ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.9° apart. (1:09am)
- 19SunMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:44pm)
- 26SunThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (11:08pm)
- 29WedMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:46am)
- 29WedThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (10:51am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 09m | 7:02pm | 5:51am |
| Fri 10 | 7:13am | 5:39pm | 10h 26m | 7:09pm | 5:43am |
| Mon 20 | 7:00am | 5:47pm | 10h 47m | 7:16pm | 5:32am |
| Fri 31 | 6:45am | 5:57pm | 11h 12m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonFri 3, 10:18am
- First QuarterSat 11, 1:38pm
- Full Moon SupermoonSat 18, 11:07am
- Last QuarterSat 25, 2:16am
Apogee 6 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 19 Aug (357,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 4.3 | 7:09am | 12:48pm | 6:27pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.5 | 5:01am | 10:14am | 3:26pm | Morning |
| Mars | Tau | 0.9 | 3:07am | 7:54am | 12:41pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.5 | 2:49pm | 10:08pm | 5:30am | Evening |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.4 | 11:25am | 6:23pm | 1:26am | Evening |
| Uranus | Ari | 5.8 | 11:50pm | 5:12am | 10:30am | Morning |
| Neptune | Leo | 8.0 | 8:33am | 2:22pm | 8:11pm | 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 72% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2103
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 3 September 2026.