The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2116
Highlights this month
- 2SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (2:13am)
- 2SunThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (8:01am)
- 7FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:52am)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 28% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 21FriSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:19am)
- 21FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:31pm)
- 23SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (10:07pm)
- 25TueJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Aquarius (mag −2.7). (8:17am)
- 29SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (9:02am)
- 30SunThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (8:33pm)
- 30SunMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (11:18pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Mon 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Thu 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Mon 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSun 2, 6:26am
- New MoonSun 9, 2:30am
- First QuarterSat 15, 6:53pm
- Full MoonSun 23, 6:21pm
- Last QuarterMon 31, 6:10pm
Perigee 9 Aug (356,900 km) · Apogee 23 Aug (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 3.3 | 7:17am | 1:01pm | 6:44pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.1 | 4:31am | 9:24am | 2:17pm | Morning |
| Mars | Ari | −0.3 | 12:40am | 5:53am | 11:06am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −2.7 | 6:27pm | 1:10am | 7:48am | Morning |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.2 | 11:45pm | 5:13am | 10:37am | Morning |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.7 | 4:10am | 8:52am | 1:34pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Vir | 8.0 | 9:39am | 4:01pm | 10:23pm | 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 28% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2116
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.