The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 1995
Highlights this month
- 4WedQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 10% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 4WedMars is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:40pm)
- 13FriVenus at greatest morning elongation (47° from the Sun, mag −4.4) — best morning apparition. (9:50pm)
- 14SatNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:18am)
- 15SunVenus and Jupiter in conjunction — 3° apart. (11:26am)
- 17TueUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:23am)
- 19ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (7:39pm)
- 25WedMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:21pm)
- 27FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (4:19am)
- 27FriThe Moon passes Venus — 0.2° apart. (11:13pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Mon 10 | 6:07am | 8:46pm | 14h 39m | 10:39pm | 4:14am |
| Thu 20 | 6:18am | 8:43pm | 14h 25m | 10:31pm | 4:29am |
| Mon 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 05m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 42 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSun 1, 9:53pm
- First QuarterMon 9, 2:48am
- Full MoonTue 17, 7:31am
- Last QuarterTue 24, 4:03pm
- New MoonTue 31, 9:45am
Apogee 12 Jan (405,500 km) · Perigee 28 Jan (365,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −0.8 | 7:40am | 2:44pm | 9:47pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sco | −4.4 | 3:06am | 10:09am | 5:12pm | Morning |
| Mars | Leo | −0.7 | 10:47pm | 4:06am | 9:21am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Sco | −1.6 | 2:55am | 10:07am | 5:19pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Aqr | 0.9 | 9:56am | 4:29pm | 11:02pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.9 | 6:23am | 1:37pm | 8:51pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Sgr | 8.0 | 6:11am | 1:23pm | 8:35pm | 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 thin 10% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 1995
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 17 August 2026.