The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 1982
Highlights this month
- 4MonQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 61% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 16SatThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (7:50am)
- 16SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (10:58pm)
- 17SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (2:08am)
- 18MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (10:16am)
- 21ThuVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:11pm)
- 23SatMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:35am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Sat 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 39m | 10:39pm | 4:15am |
| Tue 20 | 6:18am | 8:43pm | 14h 25m | 10:31pm | 4:29am |
| Sat 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 42 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterSun 3, 3:54pm
- Full MoonSun 10, 6:54am
- Last QuarterSun 17, 10:56am
- New MoonMon 25, 3:57pm
Perigee 8 Jan (359,900 km) · Apogee 20 Jan (405,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −0.7 | 7:46am | 2:47pm | 9:47pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cap | −3.9 | 7:19am | 2:06pm | 8:53pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 0.5 | 12:23am | 6:33am | 12:43pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.7 | 1:24am | 8:08am | 2:52pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.6 | 12:47am | 7:09am | 1:31pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Sco | 5.7 | 2:38am | 9:49am | 5:00pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Oph | 8.0 | 4:08am | 11:25am | 6:41pm | Hidden |
Meteor showers
- Quadrantids — peaks 4 January, radiant in Boötes (up to 110/hr). Radiant stays below the horizon from Victoria — essentially a no-show this far south. A bright 61% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — January 1982
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 23 August 2026.