The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2019
Highlights this month
- 2WedThe Moon passes Venus — 1° apart. (9:35am)
- 2WedSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:24pm)
- 4FriQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 6SunVenus at greatest morning elongation (47° from the Sun, mag −4.4) — best morning apparition. (3:36pm)
- 7MonUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:00pm)
- 13SunThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (11:01am)
- 23WedVenus and Jupiter in conjunction — 2° apart. (2:22am)
- 30WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:35pm)
- 31ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (11:47am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Thu 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 39m | 10:39pm | 4:15am |
| Sun 20 | 6:18am | 8:43pm | 14h 25m | 10:31pm | 4:29am |
| Thu 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 42 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSun 6, 12:31pm
- First QuarterMon 14, 5:54pm
- Full Moon SupermoonMon 21, 4:17pm
- Last QuarterMon 28, 8:05am
Apogee 9 Jan (406,000 km) · Perigee 22 Jan (357,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.7 | 5:23am | 12:50pm | 8:16pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −4.4 | 3:06am | 10:10am | 5:14pm | Morning |
| Mars | Psc | 0.7 | 12:27pm | 6:17pm | 12:10am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Oph | −1.6 | 3:20am | 10:37am | 5:53pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.4 | 5:21am | 12:39pm | 7:57pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 2:01pm | 7:29pm | 1:01am | Evening |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 10:22am | 4:46pm | 11:11pm | Evening |
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 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2019
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 July 2026.