The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2119
Highlights this month
- 8TueVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:05pm)
- 10ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (10:38am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 42% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 14MonMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:47am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 09m | 7:02pm | 5:51am |
| Thu 10 | 7:13am | 5:39pm | 10h 26m | 7:09pm | 5:43am |
| Sun 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 47m | 7:16pm | 5:32am |
| Thu 31 | 6:45am | 5:57pm | 11h 12m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSun 6, 11:13pm
- First QuarterMon 14, 10:23am
- Full MoonMon 21, 1:47am
- Last QuarterMon 28, 11:31am
Apogee 2 Aug (405,700 km) · Perigee 18 Aug (363,700 km) · Apogee 30 Aug (405,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.8 | 7:19am | 12:33pm | 5:46pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.6 | 4:49am | 9:59am | 3:09pm | Morning |
| Mars | Vir | 1.7 | 8:50am | 2:51pm | 8:53pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.9 | 3:21am | 8:07am | 12:54pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Tau | 0.0 | 3:05am | 7:56am | 12:47pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.7 | 5:06am | 9:51am | 2:35pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 9:58am | 4:28pm | 10:57pm | 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 42% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2119
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.