The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2169
Highlights this month
- 8TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (6:26pm)
- 9WedNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 7.8). (6:55am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 75% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 14MonSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 0.1). (1:09am)
- 15TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:57am)
- 18FriUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 5.7). (12:46am)
- 21MonJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:08pm)
- 24ThuMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (1:43pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Thu 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 8, 6:52am
- Last QuarterWed 16, 7:36am
- New MoonWed 23, 1:10am
- First QuarterTue 29, 7:39pm
Apogee 9 Aug (406,200 km) · Perigee 22 Aug (356,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 6.2 | 6:46am | 12:17pm | 5:48pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.7 | 5:47am | 10:41am | 3:35pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Gem | 1.4 | 4:47am | 9:30am | 2:13pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.6 | 7:24am | 12:44pm | 6:04pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.1 | 5:25pm | 12:22am | 7:15am | All night |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.7 | 5:47pm | 12:37am | 7:24am | All night |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.8 | 5:05pm | 11:59pm | 6:57am | 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 bright 75% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2169
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 7 October 2026.