The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2175
Highlights this month
- 2WedMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:50pm)
- 3ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.7° apart. (8:46pm)
- 11FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:13pm)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 12% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14MonJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Capricornus (mag −2.7). (10:12pm)
- 23WedNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Aquarius (mag 7.8). (2:06pm)
- 23WedSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:02pm)
- 26SatMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:39am)
- 31ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.9° apart. (2:03am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:39pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 3, 12:08am
- Last QuarterWed 9, 6:53pm
- New MoonWed 16, 11:02pm
- First QuarterFri 25, 1:08am
Perigee 7 Aug (367,700 km) · Apogee 22 Aug (405,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 1.9 | 7:35am | 1:25pm | 7:14pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.5 | 4:24am | 9:27am | 2:30pm | Morning |
| Mars | Leo | 1.7 | 7:02am | 12:11pm | 5:20pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.7 | 5:30pm | 12:26am | 7:17am | All night |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.2 | 12:00am | 5:22am | 10:44am | Morning |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.8 | 7:52pm | 2:13am | 8:29am | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.8 | 6:14pm | 12:58am | 7:38am | 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 12% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2175
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.