The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2188
Highlights this month
- 11MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (10:03pm)
- 13WedPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 69% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 13WedMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:37pm)
- 17SunUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:33pm)
- 26TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (6:21pm)
- 28ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:38am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 7:21am | 5:33pm | 10h 12m | 7:04pm | 5:50am |
| Sun 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Wed 20 | 6:58am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sun 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 7, 3:55pm
- Last QuarterFri 15, 5:57pm
- New MoonSat 23, 1:23am
- First QuarterFri 29, 4:06pm
Apogee 13 Aug (405,300 km) · Perigee 25 Aug (361,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | 1.5 | 7:41am | 1:34pm | 7:27pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −3.9 | 4:47am | 9:39am | 2:31pm | Morning |
| Mars | Cnc | 1.7 | 6:07am | 11:01am | 3:54pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.5 | 9:14pm | 3:15am | 9:11am | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.8 | 9:39am | 3:59pm | 10:18pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Ari | 5.8 | 12:14am | 5:27am | 10:39am | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 8:37pm | 2:46am | 8:52am | 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 69% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2188
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 17 October 2026.