The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 1992

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

4SatQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
5SunUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:45am)
7TueNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:44pm)
30ThuSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:49am)

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Tue 1	5:59am	8:46pm	14h 47m	10:42pm	4:03am
Thu 10	6:07am	8:46pm	14h 39m	10:39pm	4:14am
Sun 20	6:18am	8:43pm	14h 25m	10:32pm	4:29am
Thu 31	6:30am	8:36pm	14h 05m	10:19pm	4:46am

Days shorten by about 42 minutes over the month.

Apogee 6 Jan (406,200 km) · Perigee 20 Jan (356,700 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Sgr	−0.4	4:51am	12:16pm	7:41pm	Hidden
Venus	Oph	−3.9	3:36am	10:51am	6:06pm	Morning
Mars	Sgr	1.4	4:38am	12:03pm	7:28pm	Hidden
Jupiter	Leo	−2.1	11:07pm	4:50am	10:29am	Morning
Saturn	Cap	0.5	7:20am	2:25pm	9:30pm	Hidden
Uranus	Sgr	5.9	5:27am	12:48pm	8:08pm	Hidden
Neptune	Sgr	8.0	5:42am	12:57pm	8:12pm	Hidden

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 thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.

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 18 August 2026.