The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2182
Highlights this month
- 1ThuThe Moon passes Mercury — 4° apart. (6:37pm)
- 3SatMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:24pm)
- 3SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (8:04pm)
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 98% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 18SunMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:24am)
- 27TueMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:42pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Sat 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterThu 8, 12:23am
- Full Moon SupermoonWed 14, 4:28pm
- Last QuarterWed 21, 12:18pm
- New MoonThu 29, 3:02pm
Perigee 14 Aug (356,900 km) · Apogee 27 Aug (406,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 5.1 | 7:01am | 12:38pm | 6:14pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.8 | 6:54am | 12:02pm | 5:09pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | 0.9 | 3:12am | 7:58am | 12:44pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 8:35am | 2:27pm | 8:20pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Cnc | 0.2 | 6:33am | 11:35am | 4:38pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 10:11pm | 3:56am | 9:37am | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.8 | 7:32pm | 1:58am | 8:19am | 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 98% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2182
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.