The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2151
Highlights this month
- 3TueMercury at greatest morning elongation (20° from the Sun, mag 0.1) — best morning apparition. (11:41am)
- 4WedJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag −2.7). (6:48pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 15SunThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (7:25pm)
- 16MonUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:05pm)
- 25WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (6:22pm)
- 28SatMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:12pm)
- 31TueVenus and Saturn in conjunction — 4° apart. (5:06am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:16pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterFri 6, 12:29am
- New MoonThu 12, 5:31pm
- First QuarterThu 19, 12:38pm
- Full MoonFri 27, 3:49pm
Perigee 12 Aug (356,800 km) · Apogee 25 Aug (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.2 | 6:30am | 11:31am | 4:32pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.6 | 4:32am | 9:38am | 2:43pm | Morning |
| Mars | Vir | 1.6 | 8:56am | 3:02pm | 9:08pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.6 | 4:35pm | 11:37pm | 6:44am | All night |
| Saturn | Gem | 0.0 | 5:25am | 10:15am | 3:05pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Sco | 5.6 | 11:54am | 7:08pm | 2:26am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 1:54pm | 9:12pm | 4:33am | 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 2% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2151
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 24 September 2026.