The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2192
Highlights this month
- 3FriMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:22am)
- 8WedSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:43am)
- 13MonPerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A thin 23% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 24FriMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:56pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 7:21am | 5:33pm | 10h 12m | 7:04pm | 5:50am |
| Fri 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:41am |
| Mon 20 | 6:58am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Fri 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:15am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterWed 1, 12:49am
- New MoonWed 8, 11:30am
- First QuarterThu 16, 4:07pm
- Full MoonThu 23, 5:04pm
- Last QuarterThu 30, 7:53am
Apogee 12 Aug (405,800 km) · Perigee 24 Aug (358,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.9 | 7:46am | 1:15pm | 6:44pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.7 | 8:31am | 2:24pm | 8:17pm | Evening |
| Mars | Leo | 1.8 | 7:20am | 12:38pm | 5:56pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −1.6 | 6:31am | 11:34am | 4:37pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Sco | 0.3 | 11:48am | 6:54pm | 2:04am | Evening |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.8 | 1:36am | 6:33am | 11:29am | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 9:21pm | 3:20am | 9:15am | 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 23% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — August 2192
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.