The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2159
Highlights this month
- 5SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:38pm)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 23ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (6:20pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Fri 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Fri 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 7, 9:53am
- New MoonTue 14, 12:58am
- First QuarterTue 21, 5:55am
- Full MoonWed 29, 9:27am
Perigee 12 Aug (361,100 km) · Apogee 24 Aug (405,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.1 | 7:42am | 1:07pm | 6:31pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.6 | 4:29am | 9:34am | 2:38pm | Morning |
| Mars | Oph | −1.4 | 12:45pm | 8:25pm | 4:08am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 9:19am | 3:32pm | 9:46pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.7 | 9:54am | 4:19pm | 10:43pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 2:19pm | 9:40pm | 5:06am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 3:16pm | 10:28pm | 5:43am | 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 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2159
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.