The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2135
Highlights this month
- 3WedVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:22pm)
- 5FriThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (10:30am)
- 8MonMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (3:55am)
- 13SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.3° apart. (8:59am)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 13SatNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:15pm)
- 21SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:25am)
- 30TueSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:22pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:22am | 5:31pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Wed 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:43am |
| Sat 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:45am | 5:57pm | 11h 12m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 2, 1:45pm
- New MoonWed 10, 1:46am
- First QuarterTue 16, 6:31pm
- Full MoonWed 24, 2:31am
Apogee 1 Aug (404,900 km) · Perigee 13 Aug (365,000 km) · Apogee 28 Aug (405,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.6 | 8:02am | 1:58pm | 7:53pm | Evening |
| Venus | Gem | −4.6 | 4:40am | 9:47am | 2:54pm | Morning |
| Mars | Tau | 1.0 | 3:25am | 8:10am | 12:55pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 9:02am | 3:07pm | 9:12pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Oph | 0.2 | 1:09pm | 8:27pm | 3:48am | Evening |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.6 | 8:36am | 2:29pm | 8:23pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 11:39am | 6:43pm | 1:50am | 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 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2135
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 14 September 2026.