The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2165
Highlights this month
- 1ThuUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 5.7). (5:27am)
- 1ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (6:48am)
- 11SunThe Moon passes Venus — 5° apart. (6:12pm)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 32% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 14WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:46am)
- 24SatJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:30pm)
- 26MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (11:32pm)
- 30FriThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (2:40am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Sat 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonWed 7, 8:55am
- First QuarterThu 15, 12:58pm
- Full Moon SupermoonThu 22, 9:27am
- Last QuarterThu 29, 1:20am
Apogee 10 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 22 Aug (357,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.9 | 7:17am | 12:32pm | 5:46pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.1 | 8:56am | 3:08pm | 9:19pm | Evening |
| Mars | Tau | 0.5 | 2:17am | 7:11am | 12:04pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Ari | −2.3 | 11:28pm | 4:56am | 10:21am | Morning |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.2 | 1:35pm | 8:53pm | 4:16am | Evening |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.7 | 4:23pm | 11:27pm | 6:35am | All night |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.8 | 4:20pm | 11:22pm | 6:28am | 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 32% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2165
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 4 October 2026.