The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2155
Highlights this month
- 1FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (6:02pm)
- 1FriThe Moon passes Mercury — 4° apart. (6:02pm)
- 1FriMercury and Saturn in conjunction — 3° apart. (7:16pm)
- 3SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.4) — best evening apparition. (8:03am)
- 5TueThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (6:04pm)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 16SatMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:01am)
- 30SatMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:37pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Sun 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Sun 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 6, 6:21pm
- Full Moon SupermoonWed 13, 8:42am
- Last QuarterWed 20, 8:50am
- New MoonThu 28, 12:39pm
Perigee 12 Aug (358,300 km) · Apogee 24 Aug (405,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 1.1 | 7:51am | 1:45pm | 7:39pm | Evening |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 7:42am | 1:07pm | 6:32pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 0.9 | 10:03am | 4:48pm | 11:33pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.8 | 4:15am | 8:59am | 1:44pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.7 | 7:59am | 1:29pm | 7:00pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.6 | 1:02pm | 8:24pm | 3:51am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 2:34pm | 9:50pm | 5:09am | 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 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2155
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 27 September 2026.