The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2153
Highlights this month
- 6MonSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:02am)
- 10FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (11:54pm)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 42% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 19SunJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:48pm)
- 25SatUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:21am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Fri 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Fri 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSat 4, 9:01pm
- Last QuarterSun 12, 8:03pm
- New MoonMon 20, 9:07am
- First QuarterMon 27, 2:21am
Apogee 11 Aug (404,900 km) · Perigee 23 Aug (365,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.4 | 7:59am | 1:37pm | 7:14pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.7 | 5:43am | 10:36am | 3:30pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.4 | 9:26am | 3:50pm | 10:15pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Ari | −2.4 | 11:03pm | 4:38am | 10:08am | Morning |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.2 | 6:49am | 11:55am | 5:01pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.6 | 12:25pm | 7:44pm | 3:08am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 2:12pm | 9:29pm | 4:49am | 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 42% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2153
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 26 September 2026.