The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2115
Highlights this month
- 4SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (2:49pm)
- 8ThuSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:10am)
- 11SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.5° apart. (9:13pm)
- 12MonMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (11:22pm)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 51% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 26MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:25am)
- 31SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (4:27pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 09m | 7:02pm | 5:51am |
| Sat 10 | 7:13am | 5:39pm | 10h 26m | 7:09pm | 5:43am |
| Tue 20 | 7:00am | 5:47pm | 10h 47m | 7:16pm | 5:32am |
| Sat 31 | 6:45am | 5:57pm | 11h 12m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 6, 2:34am
- Last QuarterTue 13, 7:01pm
- New MoonTue 20, 9:31am
- First QuarterTue 27, 1:39pm
Apogee 3 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 18 Aug (360,300 km) · Apogee 31 Aug (405,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.4 | 8:09am | 2:04pm | 8:00pm | Evening |
| Venus | Leo | −3.8 | 7:35am | 12:56pm | 6:17pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:52am | 1:21pm | 6:51pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.5 | 3:14pm | 10:30pm | 5:49am | Evening |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.3 | 10:42pm | 4:25am | 10:04am | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.7 | 3:55am | 8:37am | 1:19pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Vir | 8.0 | 9:36am | 3:56pm | 10:15pm | 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 51% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2115
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.