The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2140
Highlights this month
- 9TueThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (7:41pm)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 19FriSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 0.2). (12:29am)
- 19FriThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (7:15pm)
- 23TueNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:42pm)
- 27SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (11:42pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Wed 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSat 6, 5:36am
- New MoonSat 13, 4:56am
- First QuarterSun 21, 2:36am
- Full MoonSun 28, 5:31pm
Perigee 6 Aug (369,900 km) · Apogee 20 Aug (404,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.3 | 8:03am | 1:43pm | 7:24pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.0 | 4:36am | 9:28am | 2:21pm | Morning |
| Mars | Lib | 0.6 | 10:18am | 5:12pm | 12:08am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −2.7 | 7:24pm | 1:53am | 8:17am | Morning |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.2 | 5:51pm | 12:43am | 7:30am | All night |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.6 | 9:28am | 3:50pm | 10:12pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Oph | 7.9 | 12:14pm | 7:25pm | 2:40am | 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 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2140
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 15 September 2026.