The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2124
Highlights this month
- 5SatMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:55pm)
- 7MonThe Moon passes Venus — 0.4° apart. (6:29am)
- 12SatSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:36am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 15% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14MonMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.0) — best morning apparition. (6:17pm)
- 15TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (5:00am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterThu 3, 6:35pm
- New MoonThu 10, 9:38am
- First QuarterThu 17, 9:15am
- Full MoonFri 25, 1:12pm
Perigee 9 Aug (358,200 km) · Apogee 21 Aug (405,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −0.1 | 6:05am | 11:08am | 4:11pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.0 | 4:33am | 9:25am | 2:18pm | Morning |
| Mars | Gem | 1.7 | 5:47am | 10:36am | 3:26pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.6 | 9:52am | 4:24pm | 10:55pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.3 | 7:05am | 12:16pm | 5:27pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Cnc | 5.6 | 6:21am | 11:19am | 4:17pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 10:24am | 5:05pm | 11:47pm | 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 15% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2124
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.