The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2022
Highlights this month
- 4TueQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 6ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (2:01pm)
- 7FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (9:55pm)
- 9SunVenus in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:54am)
- 14FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:00pm)
- 19WedUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:21am)
- 23SunMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:24pm)
- 29SatVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:00pm)
- 30SunThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (1:51am)
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 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:39pm | 4:15am |
| Thu 20 | 6:18am | 8:43pm | 14h 24m | 10:31pm | 4:30am |
| Mon 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonMon 3, 5:33am
- First QuarterMon 10, 5:11am
- Full MoonTue 18, 10:54am
- Last QuarterWed 26, 12:49am
Perigee 2 Jan (358,000 km) · Apogee 14 Jan (405,900 km) · Perigee 30 Jan (362,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | 0.5 | 7:35am | 2:31pm | 9:27pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.9 | 5:49am | 12:45pm | 7:41pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Oph | 1.5 | 3:49am | 11:12am | 6:36pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −1.9 | 9:26am | 4:04pm | 10:42pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.6 | 7:46am | 2:46pm | 9:46pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Ari | 5.8 | 3:00pm | 8:15pm | 1:33am | Evening |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 10:53am | 5:10pm | 11:26pm | 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 2022
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.