The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2164
Highlights this month
- 5SunMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag 0.1) — best morning apparition. (10:53am)
- 6MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (6:46am)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14TueThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (6:36am)
- 20MonThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (6:19pm)
- 24FriSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (11:35pm)
- 30ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:25pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Fri 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Mon 20 | 6:59am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Fri 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full Moon SupermoonFri 3, 8:54am
- Last QuarterFri 10, 5:24am
- New MoonSat 18, 8:22am
- First QuarterSun 26, 2:13am
Perigee 3 Aug (357,000 km) · Apogee 15 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 31 Aug (359,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.0 | 6:24am | 11:25am | 4:26pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.0 | 4:42am | 9:34am | 2:25pm | Morning |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 8:14am | 1:58pm | 7:41pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.6 | 8:19pm | 2:34am | 8:45am | Morning |
| Saturn | Oph | 0.2 | 12:47pm | 8:02pm | 3:22am | Evening |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.7 | 4:00pm | 11:08pm | 6:20am | Evening |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.8 | 4:08pm | 11:12pm | 6:20am | 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 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2164
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.