The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2180
Highlights this month
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 51% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 14MonThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (6:37am)
- 18FriVenus and Saturn in conjunction — 0.8° apart. (6:27am)
- 18FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (6:31am)
- 18FriThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (6:32am)
- 23WedThe Moon passes Mercury — 2° apart. (7:34pm)
- 26SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.3) — best evening apparition. (12:54am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:33pm | 10h 12m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Thu 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSun 6, 2:26am
- Last QuarterSun 13, 8:33pm
- New MoonMon 21, 3:16pm
- First QuarterMon 28, 11:32am
Perigee 1 Aug (368,900 km) · Apogee 13 Aug (404,700 km) · Perigee 26 Aug (368,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 0.0 | 8:10am | 2:00pm | 7:50pm | Evening |
| Venus | Gem | −3.9 | 4:45am | 9:37am | 2:29pm | Morning |
| Mars | Tau | 0.2 | 1:37am | 6:37am | 11:38am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −1.6 | 6:20am | 11:20am | 4:19pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Gem | 0.0 | 5:02am | 9:50am | 2:38pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 9:29pm | 3:24am | 9:15am | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.8 | 7:07pm | 1:38am | 8:06am | 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 51% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2180
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 11 October 2026.