The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2147
Highlights this month
- 2WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (7:34am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 96% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 19SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (1:15am)
- 28MonMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.2) — best evening apparition. (7:14pm)
- 29TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (11:20pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:43am |
| Sun 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterSat 5, 6:05am
- Full Moon SupermoonSat 12, 1:50am
- Last QuarterFri 18, 6:04pm
- New MoonSat 26, 6:13pm
Perigee 12 Aug (356,900 km) · Apogee 26 Aug (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.1 | 8:10am | 1:56pm | 7:43pm | Evening |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 7:41am | 1:05pm | 6:29pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:58am | 1:32pm | 7:05pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 9:10am | 3:19pm | 9:29pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | 0.1 | 1:33am | 6:37am | 11:41am | Morning |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 10:55am | 5:54pm | 12:57am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 1:17pm | 8:33pm | 3:54am | 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 96% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2147
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 19 September 2026.