The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2132
Highlights this month
- 6WedNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:19am)
- 8FriThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (12:17pm)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 5% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 16SatMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:42am)
- 18MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.4° apart. (7:11pm)
- 28ThuVenus and Jupiter in conjunction — 1° apart. (7:23pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Sun 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 5, 1:34am
- New MoonMon 11, 5:56pm
- First QuarterTue 19, 4:41am
- Full MoonWed 27, 5:20am
Perigee 9 Aug (364,500 km) · Apogee 20 Aug (405,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.9 | 7:13am | 12:25pm | 5:37pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.0 | 4:34am | 9:27am | 2:19pm | Morning |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 8:08am | 1:48pm | 7:28pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.7 | 5:31am | 10:20am | 3:10pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.4 | 11:07am | 6:01pm | 1:00am | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 8:00am | 1:37pm | 7:14pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 11:15am | 6:13pm | 1:16am | 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 5% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2132
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 13 September 2026.