The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2157
Highlights this month
- 3WedMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:02pm)
- 9TueThe Moon passes Venus — 5° apart. (6:08pm)
- 10WedVenus and Saturn in conjunction — 2° apart. (8:37pm)
- 13SatMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.0) — best morning apparition. (1:30am)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 49% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 13SatThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (9:31pm)
- 17WedJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:12am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonFri 5, 4:09pm
- First QuarterSat 13, 6:37pm
- Full MoonSun 21, 1:59am
- Last QuarterSat 27, 4:37pm
Apogee 11 Aug (405,300 km) · Perigee 23 Aug (361,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −0.3 | 6:07am | 11:09am | 4:11pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.0 | 8:56am | 3:06pm | 9:17pm | Evening |
| Mars | Lib | 0.1 | 10:52am | 6:02pm | 1:14am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.6 | 7:15am | 12:31pm | 5:47pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Vir | 1.0 | 8:56am | 2:53pm | 8:51pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.6 | 1:38pm | 9:00pm | 4:27am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 2:53pm | 10:07pm | 5:25am | 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 49% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2157
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 29 September 2026.