The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2158
Highlights this month
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 89% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 21MonMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:06pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 2, 3:21pm
- Full MoonThu 10, 2:09pm
- Last QuarterThu 17, 1:29pm
- New MoonThu 24, 12:05pm
Apogee 3 Aug (404,800 km) · Perigee 18 Aug (369,900 km) · Apogee 31 Aug (404,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.7 | 6:55am | 12:01pm | 5:07pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 6:48am | 11:54am | 5:00pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.8 | 6:39am | 11:41am | 4:42pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.5 | 8:19am | 2:03pm | 7:47pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.8 | 9:25am | 3:36pm | 9:47pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.6 | 1:58pm | 9:20pm | 4:47am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 3:05pm | 10:17pm | 5:34am | 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 89% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2158
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 30 September 2026.