The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2034
Highlights this month
- 4WedQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 4WedVenus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:49pm)
- 5ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (1:04pm)
- 8SunSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Gemini (mag −0.6). (1:00pm)
- 25WedThe Moon passes Mars — 0.2° apart. (7:09pm)
- 27FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (9:15am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Tue 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:39pm | 4:15am |
| Fri 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:31pm | 4:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 5, 6:45am
- Last QuarterFri 13, 12:21am
- New MoonFri 20, 9:07pm
- First QuarterFri 27, 7:33pm
Perigee 1 Jan (367,800 km) · Apogee 13 Jan (404,700 km) · Perigee 26 Jan (369,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −1.0 | 7:17am | 2:28pm | 9:37pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.8 | 6:24am | 1:41pm | 8:57pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Psc | 0.8 | 11:47am | 5:48pm | 11:49pm | Evening |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −1.9 | 9:46am | 4:19pm | 10:52pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Gem | −0.5 | 8:06pm | 12:58am | 5:46am | All night |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.5 | 7:12pm | 11:58pm | 4:39am | Evening |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.9 | 1:02pm | 6:47pm | 12:36am | 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 bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — January 2034
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.