The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2183
Highlights this month
- 10SunMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:43am)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 23% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 15FriSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:21am)
- 15FriThe Moon passes Venus — 5° apart. (5:20am)
- 18MonMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (9:49pm)
- 22FriThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (6:17pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:22am | 5:32pm | 10h 10m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Wed 20 | 7:00am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Sun 31 | 6:44am | 5:57pm | 11h 13m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonMon 4, 9:25am
- Last QuarterMon 11, 12:15am
- New MoonMon 18, 3:32pm
- First QuarterTue 26, 7:53pm
Perigee 6 Aug (360,500 km) · Apogee 21 Aug (406,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | 0.5 | 6:04am | 11:10am | 4:17pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.5 | 4:23am | 9:25am | 2:27pm | Morning |
| Mars | Vir | 1.6 | 9:02am | 3:12pm | 9:23pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.6 | 9:35am | 3:58pm | 10:20pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.3 | 7:11am | 12:25pm | 5:38pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 10:32pm | 4:12am | 9:48am | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.8 | 7:44pm | 2:07am | 8:26am | 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 thin 23% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2183
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 12 October 2026.