The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2167
Highlights this month
- 5WedNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 7.8). (4:30am)
- 10MonUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 5.7). (4:19am)
- 11TueThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (4:49am)
- 12WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (5:19am)
- 12WedThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (5:35am)
- 13ThuPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 24MonMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (12:45am)
- 27ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 1° apart. (6:25pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Mon 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Thu 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Mon 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSat 1, 11:35am
- Last QuarterSat 8, 3:07pm
- New MoonSat 15, 10:20am
- First QuarterSun 23, 3:14am
- Full MoonSun 30, 11:23pm
Perigee 11 Aug (368,300 km) · Apogee 23 Aug (404,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.1 | 8:12am | 2:02pm | 7:53pm | Evening |
| Venus | Gem | −4.6 | 4:27am | 9:30am | 2:34pm | Morning |
| Mars | Tau | 1.1 | 3:42am | 8:26am | 1:10pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.8 | 4:31am | 9:16am | 2:00pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.1 | 3:25pm | 10:38pm | 5:55am | Evening |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.7 | 5:07pm | 12:03am | 7:02am | All night |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.8 | 4:44pm | 11:42pm | 6:45am | All night |
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 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2167
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 6 October 2026.