The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2123
Highlights this month
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 65% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 15SunMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:59am)
- 24TueMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:21am)
- 27FriThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (12:10am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:43am |
| Fri 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 47m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:45am | 5:57pm | 11h 12m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSat 7, 7:41pm
- Last QuarterSun 15, 12:24am
- New MoonSat 21, 6:48pm
- First QuarterSun 29, 10:27am
Apogee 2 Aug (405,200 km) · Perigee 18 Aug (367,500 km) · Apogee 30 Aug (404,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 6.1 | 6:46am | 12:15pm | 5:45pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 7:36am | 12:58pm | 6:20pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.0 | 9:54am | 4:34pm | 11:14pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 8:54am | 2:55pm | 8:55pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.2 | 6:29am | 11:30am | 4:30pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Cnc | 5.7 | 6:09am | 11:04am | 3:58pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 10:21am | 5:00pm | 11:39pm | 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 65% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2123
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 10 September 2026.