The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — August 2193
Highlights this month
- 13TuePerseids meteor shower peaks (up to 100/hr). A bright 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 20TueSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:01am)
- 24SatMars is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:56pm)
- 29ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (27° from the Sun, mag 0.2) — best evening apparition. (12:59am)
- 29ThuThe Moon passes Mercury — 1.0° apart. (6:26pm)
- 30FriJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:22pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 7:21am | 5:32pm | 10h 11m | 7:03pm | 5:50am |
| Sat 10 | 7:11am | 5:40pm | 10h 29m | 7:10pm | 5:42am |
| Tue 20 | 6:59am | 5:49pm | 10h 50m | 7:17pm | 5:30am |
| Sat 31 | 6:43am | 5:58pm | 11h 15m | 7:26pm | 5:16am |
Days lengthen by about 63 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 5, 2:15pm
- Full MoonTue 13, 7:20am
- Last QuarterTue 20, 2:44am
- New MoonTue 27, 6:02am
Apogee 5 Aug (404,700 km) · Perigee 17 Aug (368,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Leo | −0.1 | 8:09am | 1:56pm | 7:43pm | Evening |
| Venus | Cnc | −3.7 | 5:54am | 10:49am | 3:44pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Psc | −2.0 | 9:09pm | 3:21am | 9:29am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Leo | −1.5 | 7:42am | 1:10pm | 6:38pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Oph | 0.2 | 12:29pm | 7:42pm | 3:00am | Evening |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.8 | 1:57am | 6:51am | 11:44am | Morning |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.8 | 9:33pm | 3:29am | 9:21am | 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 100% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — August 2193
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 22 October 2026.