The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2184
Highlights this month
- 1SunUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:40am)
- 3TueThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (6:49am)
- 9MonThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (6:11pm)
- 13FriPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 39% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 26ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:23am)
- 28SatSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:44am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 7:21am | 5:33pm | 10h 12m | 7:04pm | 5:50am |
| Tue 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Fri 20 | 6:59am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonFri 6, 8:21pm
- First QuarterSat 14, 7:48pm
- Full MoonSun 22, 8:37am
- Last QuarterSun 29, 1:20am
Apogee 13 Aug (404,900 km) · Perigee 25 Aug (365,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.4 | 6:38am | 11:41am | 4:45pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −3.7 | 8:30am | 2:22pm | 8:14pm | Evening |
| Mars | Gem | 1.3 | 4:23am | 9:05am | 1:48pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.8 | 10:42am | 5:34pm | 12:31am | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.5 | 7:42am | 1:08pm | 6:34pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 10:49pm | 4:24am | 9:55am | Morning |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.8 | 7:52pm | 2:13am | 8:29am | 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 39% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2184
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 13 October 2026.