The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2145
Highlights this month
- 9MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.4° apart. (2:38pm)
- 12ThuJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:32pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 25% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 15SunSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:47am)
- 18WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:48pm)
- 30MonMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:13pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 3, 9:32am
- Last QuarterTue 10, 10:10pm
- New MoonWed 18, 9:20pm
- First QuarterWed 25, 10:37pm
Apogee 12 Aug (404,900 km) · Perigee 27 Aug (369,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.8 | 7:04am | 12:13pm | 5:22pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.7 | 5:41am | 10:34am | 3:27pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:26am | 12:46pm | 6:05pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.6 | 7:05am | 12:18pm | 5:31pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.3 | 11:16pm | 4:51am | 10:21am | Morning |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 10:27am | 5:16pm | 12:09am | Evening |
| Neptune | Oph | 7.9 | 12:57pm | 8:13pm | 3:32am | 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 25% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2145
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 17 September 2026.