The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2113
Highlights this month
- 1TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (7:29pm)
- 4FriMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:45am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 19SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (11:51am)
- 22TueMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:30pm)
- 29TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (1:07am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterFri 4, 8:08pm
- New MoonSat 12, 12:22am
- First QuarterSun 20, 1:43am
- Full MoonSun 27, 10:51am
Perigee 2 Aug (368,000 km) · Apogee 17 Aug (405,200 km) · Perigee 29 Aug (362,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.0 | 7:44am | 1:10pm | 6:37pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.7 | 5:32am | 10:24am | 3:16pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:19am | 12:35pm | 5:52pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.8 | 10:56am | 5:53pm | 12:53am | Evening |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.7 | 8:29pm | 2:44am | 8:55am | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.7 | 3:14am | 7:59am | 12:43pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Vir | 8.0 | 9:24am | 3:38pm | 9:53pm | 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 thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2113
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 6 September 2026.