The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2125
Highlights this month
- 2ThuUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:52am)
- 2ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 5° apart. (10:15pm)
- 6MonThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (2:24pm)
- 7TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.7° apart. (9:11am)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 23ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:32am)
- 26SunSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:31pm)
- 27MonMars and Jupiter in conjunction — 2° apart. (9:05am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Fri 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Fri 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 6, 5:41pm
- Full MoonTue 14, 1:50pm
- Last QuarterWed 22, 4:10pm
- New MoonWed 29, 9:51am
Perigee 1 Aug (358,100 km) · Apogee 15 Aug (406,200 km) · Perigee 29 Aug (356,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.6 | 6:49am | 11:54am | 4:59pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.0 | 8:54am | 3:02pm | 9:09pm | Evening |
| Mars | Lib | 0.3 | 10:39am | 5:43pm | 12:47am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.8 | 11:08am | 6:09pm | 1:13am | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.5 | 7:40am | 1:03pm | 6:26pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Cnc | 5.6 | 6:35am | 11:38am | 4:40pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 10:31am | 5:15pm | 12:02am | 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 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2125
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.