The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2133
Highlights this month
- 4TueThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (6:53am)
- 7FriSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (1:15am)
- 8SatJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:15am)
- 8SatNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:20pm)
- 9SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (2:23pm)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 93% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 24MonThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (5:05pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Mon 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Thu 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Mon 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSat 1, 9:57am
- First QuarterSat 8, 5:44am
- Full MoonSun 16, 9:09am
- Last QuarterMon 24, 2:35am
- New MoonSun 30, 5:09pm
Perigee 1 Aug (357,000 km) · Apogee 13 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 29 Aug (359,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.7 | 7:52am | 1:24pm | 6:57pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.0 | 8:55am | 3:03pm | 9:11pm | Evening |
| Mars | Tau | 0.3 | 1:55am | 6:52am | 11:50am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −1.6 | 6:55am | 12:04pm | 5:14pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Sco | 0.3 | 11:43am | 6:48pm | 1:56am | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 8:12am | 1:54pm | 7:37pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 11:23am | 6:23pm | 1:27am | 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 93% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2133
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.