The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2162
Highlights this month
- 2MonSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:43am)
- 8SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:45am)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 7% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 22SunVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:21am)
- 23MonMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:19am)
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 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 3, 2:18pm
- New MoonWed 11, 8:02am
- First QuarterWed 18, 3:37am
- Full MoonWed 25, 6:24am
Apogee 3 Aug (404,700 km) · Perigee 15 Aug (368,400 km) · Apogee 31 Aug (405,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 2.8 | 7:23am | 1:08pm | 6:54pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.6 | 8:19am | 2:31pm | 8:44pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:46am | 1:14pm | 6:42pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.3 | 1:59pm | 9:20pm | 4:46am | Evening |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.4 | 11:28am | 6:29pm | 1:33am | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.7 | 3:20pm | 10:35pm | 5:53am | Evening |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.8 | 3:48pm | 10:55pm | 6:06am | 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 2162
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 3 October 2026.