The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2130
Highlights this month
- 2WedNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:11am)
- 7MonMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:08am)
- 10ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (11:21pm)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 60% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 16WedMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:05pm)
- 25FriMercury at greatest morning elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (3:59am)
- 25FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (7:42pm)
- 26SatUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:22pm)
- 31ThuVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:18pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonFri 4, 12:52pm
- First QuarterSat 12, 4:39pm
- Full MoonSat 19, 6:45pm
- Last QuarterSat 26, 8:50am
Apogee 8 Aug (405,700 km) · Perigee 21 Aug (358,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 2.3 | 6:15am | 11:30am | 4:45pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.6 | 8:35am | 2:51pm | 9:07pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:39am | 1:04pm | 6:28pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.1 | 1:12am | 6:16am | 11:20am | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.6 | 10:06am | 4:37pm | 11:07pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 7:39am | 1:05pm | 6:31pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 11:03am | 5:58pm | 12:56am | 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 60% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2130
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.