The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2110
Highlights this month
- 1FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (2:18pm)
- 12TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:05am)
- 12TueSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 0.1). (4:40pm)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 6% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 21ThuMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:04am)
- 28ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (8:40pm)
- 29FriMercury at greatest morning elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.2) — best morning apparition. (5:05pm)
- 31SunJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:26pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Sun 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:43am |
| Wed 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Sun 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterFri 8, 12:00am
- New MoonSat 16, 2:47am
- First QuarterSat 23, 9:14am
- Full MoonSat 30, 2:48am
Apogee 10 Aug (405,300 km) · Perigee 26 Aug (366,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 4.8 | 6:32am | 11:56am | 5:19pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:37am | 11:39am | 4:41pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Lib | −0.1 | 11:04am | 6:19pm | 1:35am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.5 | 7:45am | 1:13pm | 6:40pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.1 | 5:18pm | 12:17am | 7:12am | All night |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.8 | 2:16am | 7:07am | 11:58am | Morning |
| Neptune | Vir | 8.0 | 9:09am | 3:16pm | 9:23pm | 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 6% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2110
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.