The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2134
Highlights this month
- 10TueMercury and Jupiter in conjunction — 0.6° apart. (1:41am)
- 11WedNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (1:18am)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 49% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 18WedSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (11:04pm)
- 22SunThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (3:40pm)
- 25WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (7:09pm)
- 27FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (9:18pm)
- 28SatMercury and Mars in conjunction — 4° apart. (7:25am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 5, 9:36am
- Last QuarterFri 13, 1:16pm
- New MoonFri 20, 10:06am
- First QuarterFri 27, 2:08am
Apogee 8 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 21 Aug (357,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.0 | 8:11am | 2:00pm | 7:49pm | Evening |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:43am | 11:46am | 4:50pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.8 | 8:38am | 2:33pm | 8:29pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.5 | 8:02am | 1:38pm | 7:14pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Oph | 0.3 | 12:24pm | 7:36pm | 2:53am | Evening |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.6 | 8:24am | 2:12pm | 8:00pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 11:31am | 6:33pm | 1:39am | 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 49% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2134
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.