The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2107
Highlights this month
- 1MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (10:56pm)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 36% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 14SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (9:44am)
- 29MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (2:15am)
- 30TueUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:00pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 09m | 7:02pm | 5:51am |
| Wed 10 | 7:13am | 5:39pm | 10h 26m | 7:09pm | 5:43am |
| Sat 20 | 7:00am | 5:47pm | 10h 47m | 7:16pm | 5:32am |
| Wed 31 | 6:45am | 5:57pm | 11h 12m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 4, 7:18am
- Last QuarterFri 12, 9:03am
- New MoonFri 19, 2:09am
- First QuarterThu 25, 9:01pm
Apogee 5 Aug (406,200 km) · Perigee 19 Aug (356,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.4 | 8:01am | 1:38pm | 7:14pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.8 | 7:33am | 12:53pm | 6:13pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Gem | 1.6 | 5:18am | 10:03am | 2:48pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.9 | 3:01am | 7:49am | 12:38pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.1 | 2:21pm | 9:39pm | 5:02am | Evening |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.8 | 1:15am | 6:17am | 11:18am | Morning |
| Neptune | Vir | 8.0 | 8:54am | 2:53pm | 8:53pm | 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 36% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2107
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 4 September 2026.