The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2117
Highlights this month
- 1SunThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (1:31am)
- 1SunThe Moon passes Venus — 0.9° apart. (2:55pm)
- 3TueJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:50pm)
- 3TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:59pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 13FriMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:54pm)
- 17TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (6:17am)
- 22SunMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (6:30am)
- 31TueThe Moon passes Venus — 0.3° apart. (6:13am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterThu 5, 10:47am
- Full MoonThu 12, 7:41pm
- Last QuarterFri 20, 11:56pm
- New MoonSat 28, 2:37am
Perigee 1 Aug (364,400 km) · Apogee 17 Aug (405,600 km) · Perigee 29 Aug (359,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 1.3 | 6:08am | 11:19am | 4:29pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.9 | 8:53am | 3:00pm | 9:07pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 8:20am | 2:05pm | 7:51pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.5 | 9:45pm | 3:39am | 9:28am | Morning |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.1 | 12:55am | 6:06am | 11:16am | Morning |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.7 | 4:30am | 9:12am | 1:54pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Vir | 8.0 | 9:45am | 4:10pm | 10:34pm | 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 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2117
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 8 September 2026.