The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2143
Highlights this month
- 1ThuVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:18pm)
- 7WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (10:16pm)
- 8ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (9:40pm)
- 10SatMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:50am)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 8% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 19MonMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:56pm)
- 28WedMercury at greatest morning elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.2) — best morning apparition. (1:17am)
- 31SatNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:16am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Sat 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:43am |
| Tue 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Sat 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSun 4, 9:32am
- New MoonSun 11, 10:21am
- First QuarterSun 18, 1:03am
- Full MoonSun 25, 8:27pm
Perigee 12 Aug (358,400 km) · Apogee 27 Aug (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 3.8 | 6:25am | 11:45am | 5:05pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.6 | 4:36am | 9:42am | 2:48pm | Morning |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.8 | 6:54am | 12:00pm | 5:06pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Tau | −1.8 | 3:58am | 8:42am | 1:27pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.6 | 9:07pm | 3:13am | 9:15am | Morning |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.6 | 10:05am | 4:43pm | 11:22pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Oph | 7.9 | 12:41pm | 7:56pm | 3:14am | 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 8% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2143
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.