The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2160
Highlights this month
- 8FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (6:08pm)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 88% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 16SatMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:15pm)
- 30SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.2) — best evening apparition. (7:17pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 6:59am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sun 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSat 2, 5:53pm
- First QuarterSat 9, 10:15am
- Full MoonSun 17, 11:22am
- Last QuarterMon 25, 9:18am
Perigee 3 Aug (356,700 km) · Apogee 16 Aug (406,200 km) · Perigee 31 Aug (357,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.1 | 8:07am | 1:53pm | 7:38pm | Evening |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 8:27am | 2:16pm | 8:06pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.7 | 7:13am | 12:28pm | 5:42pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.7 | 10:21am | 5:05pm | 11:50pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.6 | 10:21am | 4:58pm | 11:36pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 2:36pm | 9:56pm | 5:19am | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.8 | 3:24pm | 10:34pm | 5:48am | 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 88% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2160
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 2 October 2026.