The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2154
Highlights this month
- 11SunThe Moon passes Mercury — 4° apart. (6:59pm)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 16% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 20TueSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:11pm)
- 21WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (12:32am)
- 24SatVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:54pm)
- 29ThuMercury and Venus in conjunction — 3° apart. (7:31pm)
- 30FriUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:39am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Sat 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterThu 1, 4:50pm
- New MoonFri 9, 6:42pm
- First QuarterSat 17, 12:06am
- Full MoonFri 23, 5:51pm
- Last QuarterSat 31, 10:14am
Apogee 4 Aug (405,200 km) · Perigee 19 Aug (367,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.2 | 8:12am | 2:05pm | 7:57pm | Evening |
| Venus | Vir | −4.6 | 8:23am | 2:37pm | 8:51pm | Evening |
| Mars | Gem | 1.5 | 5:09am | 9:53am | 2:37pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.1 | 1:56am | 6:53am | 11:49am | Morning |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.4 | 7:25am | 12:43pm | 6:01pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.6 | 12:43pm | 8:04pm | 3:29am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 2:23pm | 9:39pm | 4:59am | 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 16% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2154
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.