The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2185
Highlights this month
- 5FriUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:52pm)
- 10WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:22am)
- 11ThuJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:03am)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 96% Moon interferes badly this year.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Wed 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 6:59am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Wed 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 3, 4:27pm
- Full MoonThu 11, 6:26pm
- Last QuarterThu 18, 10:58pm
- New MoonThu 25, 5:39pm
Apogee 6 Aug (405,200 km) · Perigee 21 Aug (367,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −1.5 | 7:30am | 12:49pm | 6:09pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 5:52am | 10:46am | 3:41pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.3 | 9:33am | 4:02pm | 10:31pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Oph | −2.1 | 12:18pm | 7:35pm | 2:56am | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.8 | 8:14am | 1:53pm | 7:32pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Ari | 5.8 | 11:10pm | 4:41am | 10:07am | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 8:04pm | 2:22am | 8:36am | 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 96% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2185
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 14 October 2026.