The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2152
Highlights this month
- 11FriMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:01pm)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 96% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 17ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (10:35pm)
- 20SunUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:08pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Thu 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonTue 1, 10:26am
- First QuarterTue 8, 12:49am
- Full MoonTue 15, 4:13pm
- Last QuarterWed 23, 8:09pm
- New MoonWed 30, 5:47pm
Perigee 3 Aug (360,600 km) · Apogee 18 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 31 Aug (357,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.6 | 7:25am | 12:43pm | 6:01pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 8:26am | 2:14pm | 8:03pm | Evening |
| Mars | Gem | 1.3 | 4:08am | 8:51am | 1:33pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −2.6 | 7:52pm | 2:14am | 8:31am | Morning |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.1 | 6:08am | 11:04am | 4:01pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.6 | 12:07pm | 7:24pm | 2:45am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 2:01pm | 9:18pm | 4:39am | 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 2152
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.