The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2156
Highlights this month
- 12ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:06am)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 7% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 18WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (7:11pm)
- 21SatMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:28pm)
- 29SunMercury at greatest morning elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.2) — best morning apparition. (10:25pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full Moon SupermoonMon 2, 1:58am
- Last QuarterSun 8, 4:59pm
- New MoonMon 16, 1:26pm
- First QuarterTue 24, 3:38pm
- Full Moon SupermoonTue 31, 9:24am
Perigee 3 Aug (358,000 km) · Apogee 17 Aug (406,200 km) · Perigee 31 Aug (356,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 4.9 | 6:33am | 11:57am | 5:22pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.0 | 4:40am | 9:32am | 2:24pm | Morning |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.7 | 5:57am | 10:49am | 3:40pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −1.7 | 5:56am | 10:50am | 3:44pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.9 | 8:26am | 2:10pm | 7:54pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.6 | 1:17pm | 8:40pm | 4:07am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 2:42pm | 9:56pm | 5:15am | 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 7% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2156
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 28 September 2026.