The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2118
Highlights this month
- 5FriMars and Saturn in conjunction — 1° apart. (3:40am)
- 5FriMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag 0.1) — best morning apparition. (5:16am)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 30TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:13pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Wed 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 2, 3:20am
- Last QuarterTue 9, 9:30pm
- New MoonWed 17, 4:17pm
- First QuarterWed 24, 1:03pm
- Full MoonWed 31, 2:38pm
Apogee 10 Aug (404,700 km) · Perigee 22 Aug (369,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.1 | 6:25am | 11:26am | 4:26pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:39am | 11:41am | 4:44pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 0.6 | 2:33am | 7:24am | 12:16pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Ari | −2.2 | 12:48am | 5:57am | 11:05am | Morning |
| Saturn | Tau | 0.0 | 2:01am | 7:00am | 11:59am | Morning |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.7 | 4:48am | 9:31am | 2:14pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 9:52am | 4:19pm | 10:46pm | 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 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2118
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.