The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2148
Highlights this month
- 1ThuUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:32pm)
- 9FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (6:41am)
- 10SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (4:36am)
- 11SunThe Moon passes Venus — 1° apart. (5:16am)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 20TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (10:05pm)
- 23FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:25am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sat 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterWed 7, 9:45am
- New MoonWed 14, 7:35pm
- First QuarterThu 22, 11:19pm
- Full MoonFri 30, 2:22am
Perigee 3 Aug (364,200 km) · Apogee 19 Aug (405,700 km) · Perigee 31 Aug (359,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.5 | 8:04am | 2:01pm | 7:58pm | Evening |
| Venus | Gem | −4.0 | 4:38am | 9:30am | 2:22pm | Morning |
| Mars | Tau | −0.0 | 1:10am | 6:16am | 11:22am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.7 | 10:11am | 4:51pm | 11:31pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | 0.0 | 2:34am | 7:28am | 12:22pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 11:06am | 6:09pm | 1:16am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 1:23pm | 8:40pm | 4:01am | 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 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2148
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.