The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2129
Highlights this month
- 5FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (12:51pm)
- 9TueJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:34am)
- 10WedMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:20am)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 19FriMars at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag −2.9). (6:35pm)
- 20SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (3:02am)
- 21SunUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:59pm)
- 24WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:54pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSun 7, 10:55am
- New MoonMon 15, 11:38am
- First QuarterTue 23, 10:02am
- Full Moon SupermoonTue 30, 1:40am
Perigee 1 Aug (356,800 km) · Apogee 14 Aug (406,300 km) · Perigee 29 Aug (357,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 2.2 | 7:30am | 1:18pm | 7:06pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.7 | 5:37am | 10:29am | 3:22pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Aqr | −2.8 | 5:48pm | 12:57am | 8:01am | All night |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.5 | 10:11pm | 3:59am | 9:42am | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.8 | 9:37am | 3:54pm | 10:11pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 7:26am | 12:47pm | 6:08pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 10:56am | 5:48pm | 12:45am | 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 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2129
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.