The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2149
Highlights this month
- 5TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:11am)
- 6WedThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (7:24pm)
- 6WedUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:42pm)
- 7ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 5° apart. (6:10pm)
- 12TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (11:04pm)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 67% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 20WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:36am)
- 28ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.9° apart. (3:29am)
- 29FriMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:06am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Sun 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonMon 4, 3:07am
- First QuarterMon 11, 8:54pm
- Full MoonTue 19, 4:07pm
- Last QuarterTue 26, 11:53am
Apogee 12 Aug (404,700 km) · Perigee 24 Aug (368,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 4.2 | 7:09am | 12:49pm | 6:30pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.0 | 8:56am | 3:05pm | 9:15pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 8:26am | 2:15pm | 8:05pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sco | −1.9 | 11:34am | 6:42pm | 1:54am | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.0 | 3:36am | 8:24am | 1:13pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 11:21am | 6:29pm | 1:40am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 1:33pm | 8:50pm | 4:12am | 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 67% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2149
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 21 September 2026.