The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2163
Highlights this month
- 5FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:11am)
- 9TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (6:10pm)
- 9TueJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag −2.7). (7:53pm)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 98% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 14SunSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:50am)
- 14SunMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:25pm)
- 21SunThe Moon passes Mars — 0.7° apart. (3:25am)
- 23TueMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (11:53am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Wed 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:17am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 8, 1:17am
- Full MoonSun 14, 4:54pm
- Last QuarterMon 22, 4:32am
- New MoonTue 30, 4:25am
Perigee 12 Aug (364,700 km) · Apogee 23 Aug (404,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 1.7 | 6:11am | 11:23am | 4:35pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 7:44am | 1:10pm | 6:36pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | −0.5 | 12:16am | 5:35am | 10:54am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.7 | 5:02pm | 11:59pm | 7:01am | All night |
| Saturn | Oph | 0.3 | 12:07pm | 7:17pm | 2:30am | Evening |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.7 | 3:42pm | 10:54pm | 6:09am | Evening |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.8 | 4:00pm | 11:05pm | 6:15am | 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 98% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2163
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.