The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2179
Highlights this month
- 1SunMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:21am)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 83% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 28SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (6:20am)
- 29SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (4:37am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:51am |
| Tue 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 27m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Fri 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 48m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Tue 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonTue 3, 5:32pm
- First QuarterTue 10, 9:01am
- Full MoonTue 17, 7:09pm
- Last QuarterWed 25, 10:50pm
Perigee 6 Aug (364,000 km) · Apogee 22 Aug (405,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.7 | 7:51am | 1:21pm | 6:52pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 7:47am | 1:14pm | 6:42pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 8:04am | 1:42pm | 7:19pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.8 | 4:47am | 9:32am | 2:17pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Gem | 0.0 | 4:11am | 8:58am | 1:45pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 9:12pm | 3:12am | 9:08am | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.8 | 6:59pm | 1:33am | 8:03am | 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 83% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2179
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 10 October 2026.