The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 1999

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

Highlights this month

  • 4MonQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 94% Moon interferes badly this year.
  • 10SunThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (8:50am)
  • 22FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (11:19am)
  • 22FriNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:00pm)
  • 24SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (6:14pm)

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Thu 16:00am8:46pm14h 47m10:42pm4:04am
Sat 106:07am8:46pm14h 39m10:39pm4:14am
Tue 206:18am8:43pm14h 25m10:31pm4:29am
Sat 316:31am8:35pm14h 05m10:18pm4:47am

Days shorten by about 42 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • Full MoonSat 2, 1:52pm
  • Last QuarterSun 10, 1:27am
  • New MoonMon 18, 2:47am
  • First QuarterMon 25, 6:19am

Apogee 11 Jan (405,000 km) · Perigee 27 Jan (369,000 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercurySgr−0.65:10am12:36pm8:02pmHidden
VenusCap−3.77:43am2:47pm9:51pmHidden
MarsVir0.812:53am7:20am1:47pmMorning
JupiterPsc−2.011:11am5:24pm11:36pmEvening
SaturnPsc0.31:50pm7:26pm1:06amEvening
UranusCap5.97:40am2:41pm9:42pmHidden
NeptuneCap8.06:51am1:58pm9:05pmHidden

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 94% Moon interferes badly this year.

The solar system — January 1999

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 15 August 2026.