The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2122
Highlights this month
- 5WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (3:06am)
- 5WedThe Moon passes Mercury — 3° apart. (4:38am)
- 6ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (3:44pm)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 76% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 18TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:20am)
- 28FriThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (5:20pm)
- 29SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (5:26am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Mon 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Thu 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Mon 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSun 2, 9:53pm
- First QuarterMon 10, 8:15pm
- Full MoonTue 18, 10:08am
- Last QuarterTue 25, 2:37am
Apogee 9 Aug (404,900 km) · Perigee 21 Aug (365,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.9 | 7:56am | 1:50pm | 7:45pm | Evening |
| Venus | Vir | −4.6 | 8:39am | 2:55pm | 9:11pm | Evening |
| Mars | Gem | 1.5 | 4:57am | 9:40am | 2:23pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.5 | 7:54am | 1:25pm | 6:57pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Gem | 0.1 | 5:45am | 10:38am | 3:30pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.7 | 5:53am | 10:45am | 3:36pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 10:14am | 4:51pm | 11:28pm | 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 76% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2122
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 9 September 2026.