The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2146
Highlights this month
- 2TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:30pm)
- 10WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (10:01am)
- 11ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (2:44pm)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 28% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 25ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (11:29pm)
- 26FriVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:45pm)
- 27SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (10:28pm)
- 29MonSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:51am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonMon 8, 1:46am
- First QuarterMon 15, 6:36pm
- Full MoonMon 22, 8:48am
- Last QuarterMon 29, 1:06pm
Apogee 5 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 20 Aug (360,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.8 | 7:47am | 1:16pm | 6:44pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.6 | 8:28am | 2:42pm | 8:57pm | Evening |
| Mars | Psc | −1.6 | 10:04pm | 4:00am | 9:53am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.5 | 8:10am | 1:50pm | 7:30pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.1 | 12:27am | 5:43am | 10:59am | Morning |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 10:41am | 5:35pm | 12:33am | Evening |
| Neptune | Oph | 7.9 | 1:06pm | 8:23pm | 3:43am | 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 28% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2146
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.