The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2150
Highlights this month
- 2SunMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:40am)
- 5WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (6:05pm)
- 11TueUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (7:14pm)
- 11TueMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (7:57pm)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 78% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 18TueThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (3:35am)
- 19WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (6:32am)
- 20ThuMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (2:14pm)
- 30SunJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:32am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Mon 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Thu 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Mon 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSat 8, 11:10pm
- Last QuarterSun 16, 9:18am
- New MoonSun 23, 1:22am
- First QuarterSun 30, 11:09am
Apogee 4 Aug (405,700 km) · Perigee 20 Aug (363,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 0.9 | 6:06am | 11:14am | 4:22pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:46am | 11:52am | 4:57pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 0.8 | 2:53am | 7:42am | 12:30pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.3 | 1:37pm | 8:59pm | 4:25am | Evening |
| Saturn | Gem | 0.0 | 4:33am | 9:20am | 2:07pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Sco | 5.6 | 11:37am | 6:48pm | 2:03am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 1:44pm | 9:01pm | 4:22am | 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 78% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2150
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 23 September 2026.