The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2141
Highlights this month
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 83% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 14MonJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:57am)
- 18FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (12:14am)
- 26SatNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:33am)
- 31ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:51am)
- 31ThuSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Aquarius (mag 0.3). (4:33pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonWed 2, 5:30pm
- First QuarterWed 9, 11:26pm
- Full MoonFri 18, 2:32am
- Last QuarterFri 25, 8:17am
Apogee 12 Aug (405,300 km) · Perigee 28 Aug (366,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.2 | 8:11am | 2:05pm | 8:00pm | Evening |
| Venus | Vir | −4.0 | 8:55am | 3:04pm | 9:13pm | Evening |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.7 | 6:14am | 11:09am | 4:04pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.4 | 10:38pm | 4:18am | 9:55am | Morning |
| Saturn | Aqr | 0.4 | 6:56pm | 1:33am | 8:06am | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.6 | 9:40am | 4:07pm | 10:35pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Oph | 7.9 | 12:23pm | 7:35pm | 2:51am | 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 83% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2141
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.