The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2128
Highlights this month
- 1SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.2° apart. (4:19pm)
- 8SunMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:01am)
- 12ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (12:13pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 91% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 14SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (11:51pm)
- 16MonUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:48pm)
- 28SatMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:11am)
- 28SatThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (10:52pm)
- 29SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.5° apart. (2:55am)
- 30MonJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Aquarius (mag −2.7). (1:19pm)
- 30MonVenus and Saturn in conjunction — 1° apart. (6:45pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 4, 11:02am
- Full MoonWed 11, 1:16am
- Last QuarterWed 18, 6:30am
- New MoonThu 26, 9:39am
Perigee 9 Aug (360,900 km) · Apogee 21 Aug (405,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.3 | 8:09am | 2:05pm | 8:01pm | Evening |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 8:22am | 2:08pm | 7:55pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.7 | 7:06am | 12:17pm | 5:28pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −2.7 | 6:55pm | 1:31am | 8:03am | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.9 | 9:08am | 3:11pm | 9:15pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 7:13am | 12:29pm | 5:45pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 10:49am | 5:39pm | 12:33am | 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 91% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2128
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 12 September 2026.