The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2186
Highlights this month
- 10ThuUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:35am)
- 13SunPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14MonVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:28pm)
- 17ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (6:41pm)
- 25FriMercury and Saturn in conjunction — 3° apart. (7:26pm)
- 26SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (3:44am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Thu 10 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Sun 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 8, 5:15pm
- New MoonTue 15, 8:24am
- First QuarterTue 22, 8:09am
- Full MoonWed 30, 12:40pm
Perigee 14 Aug (358,400 km) · Apogee 26 Aug (405,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.3 | 8:02am | 1:41pm | 7:20pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Leo | −4.5 | 8:01am | 2:10pm | 8:18pm | Evening |
| Mars | Gem | 1.6 | 5:21am | 10:06am | 2:52pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −2.4 | 2:45pm | 10:03pm | 5:25am | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 1.1 | 8:44am | 2:37pm | 8:29pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Ari | 5.8 | 11:32pm | 4:57am | 10:18am | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 8:16pm | 2:31am | 8:42am | 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 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2186
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.