The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2173
Highlights this month
- 6FriJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:03pm)
- 12ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (8:25pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 18WedNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag 7.8). (11:44am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSun 1, 2:51am
- New MoonMon 9, 3:54am
- First QuarterTue 17, 1:43am
- Full Moon SupermoonMon 23, 4:18pm
- Last QuarterMon 30, 3:38pm
Apogee 8 Aug (406,200 km) · Perigee 22 Aug (358,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.2 | 8:05am | 1:47pm | 7:30pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.1 | 8:57am | 3:09pm | 9:21pm | Evening |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.7 | 6:23am | 11:21am | 4:18pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Oph | −2.0 | 12:03pm | 7:17pm | 2:35am | Evening |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.5 | 9:43pm | 3:40am | 9:32am | Morning |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.8 | 7:09pm | 1:40am | 8:07am | Morning |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.8 | 5:50pm | 12:38am | 7:23am | 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 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2173
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 8 October 2026.