The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2142
Highlights this month
- 13MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:43am)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 64% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 15WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (2:44pm)
- 27MonMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:56pm)
- 28TueNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (4:24pm)
- 28TueThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (11:41pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Fri 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Fri 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 7, 4:50am
- Last QuarterWed 15, 1:55am
- New MoonTue 21, 5:14pm
- First QuarterTue 28, 4:02pm
Apogee 6 Aug (406,200 km) · Perigee 20 Aug (357,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 1.5 | 7:42am | 1:33pm | 7:25pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:44am | 11:49am | 4:54pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Sco | −0.4 | 11:22am | 6:44pm | 2:07am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.1 | 1:34am | 6:34am | 11:34am | Morning |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.7 | 8:01pm | 2:23am | 8:41am | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.6 | 9:52am | 4:25pm | 10:59pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Oph | 7.9 | 12:32pm | 7:45pm | 3:03am | 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 64% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2142
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 16 September 2026.