The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2191
Highlights this month
- 3WedThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (5:01am)
- 10WedMars is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:16am)
- 13SatPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A 37% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 20SatMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:50am)
- 26FriVenus and Jupiter in conjunction — 4° apart. (5:02am)
- 31WedThe Moon passes Mars — 0.0° apart. (1:19am)
- 31WedUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:35am)
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 | 7:12am | 5:40pm | 10h 28m | 7:09pm | 5:42am |
| Sat 20 | 6:59am | 5:48pm | 10h 49m | 7:17pm | 5:31am |
| Wed 31 | 6:44am | 5:58pm | 11h 14m | 7:25pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full Moon SupermoonFri 5, 4:49pm
- Last QuarterFri 12, 9:53am
- New MoonSat 20, 10:27am
- First QuarterSun 28, 9:08am
Perigee 5 Aug (356,700 km) · Apogee 19 Aug (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cnc | −1.8 | 7:00am | 12:08pm | 5:16pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Gem | −4.5 | 4:21am | 9:22am | 2:24pm | Morning |
| Mars | Sgr | −1.9 | 1:40pm | 9:23pm | 5:10am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Gem | −1.7 | 5:03am | 9:49am | 2:35pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.4 | 11:14am | 6:11pm | 1:11am | Evening |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.8 | 1:18am | 6:19am | 11:19am | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 9:13pm | 3:15am | 9:12am | 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 37% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — August 2191
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 21 October 2026.