The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2177
Highlights this month
- 8FriMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag 0.1) — best morning apparition. (9:50am)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 88% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 27WedNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Aquarius (mag 7.8). (4:25pm)
- 29FriJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:53pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sun 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterFri 1, 9:54pm
- Full MoonSun 10, 1:49am
- Last QuarterSun 17, 5:28pm
- New MoonSun 24, 8:31am
- First QuarterSun 31, 12:32pm
Apogee 7 Aug (406,100 km) · Perigee 22 Aug (360,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −0.8 | 6:16am | 11:17am | 4:18pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.7 | 5:50am | 10:44am | 3:38pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:33am | 12:56pm | 6:19pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Ari | −2.3 | 11:53pm | 5:15am | 10:34am | Morning |
| Saturn | Tau | 0.0 | 2:09am | 7:06am | 12:04pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 8:30pm | 2:40am | 8:47am | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.8 | 6:35pm | 1:14am | 7:48am | Morning |
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 88% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2177
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 9 October 2026.