The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2108
Highlights this month
- 4SatThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (8:53am)
- 9ThuThe Moon passes Mercury — 2° apart. (3:12pm)
- 13MonThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (4:01am)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 42% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 19SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (4:24am)
- 19SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (6:45pm)
- 21TueVenus and Jupiter in conjunction — 2° apart. (11:11pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Fri 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Fri 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonTue 7, 6:52pm
- First QuarterTue 14, 10:03am
- Full MoonTue 21, 11:32pm
- Last QuarterThu 30, 4:05am
Perigee 9 Aug (361,400 km) · Apogee 25 Aug (406,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.2 | 8:12am | 2:05pm | 7:59pm | Evening |
| Venus | Gem | −4.1 | 4:30am | 9:23am | 2:16pm | Morning |
| Mars | Vir | 0.8 | 10:09am | 4:57pm | 11:46pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.7 | 5:02am | 9:48am | 2:34pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.1 | 3:14pm | 10:28pm | 5:46am | Evening |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.8 | 1:33am | 6:31am | 11:28am | Morning |
| Neptune | Vir | 8.0 | 8:56am | 2:58pm | 9:00pm | 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 42% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2108
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 5 September 2026.