The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2114
Highlights this month
- 11SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (5:48pm)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 89% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 16ThuJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:51pm)
- 19SunThe Moon passes Mars — 1° apart. (9:07pm)
- 20MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (11:12am)
- 21TueMars is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:32am)
- 30ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.2) — best evening apparition. (1:33pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Fri 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Fri 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonWed 1, 10:35am
- First QuarterWed 8, 10:20pm
- Full MoonThu 16, 10:16pm
- Last QuarterThu 23, 11:01pm
- New MoonThu 30, 8:13pm
Apogee 10 Aug (404,900 km) · Perigee 25 Aug (369,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.1 | 8:09am | 1:53pm | 7:38pm | Evening |
| Venus | Vir | −4.6 | 8:42am | 2:58pm | 9:15pm | Evening |
| Mars | Psc | −2.1 | 8:51pm | 3:08am | 9:23am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Oph | −2.1 | 12:39pm | 7:58pm | 3:21am | Evening |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.5 | 9:35pm | 3:34am | 9:29am | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.7 | 3:35am | 8:18am | 1:01pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Vir | 8.0 | 9:30am | 3:47pm | 10:04pm | 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 89% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2114
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 7 September 2026.