The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2050
Highlights this month
- 4TueQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 86% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 7FriMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:03am)
- 9SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (1:38pm)
- 18TueMercury at greatest morning elongation (24° from the Sun, mag −0.2) — best morning apparition. (2:02am)
- 19WedThe Moon passes Mars — 0.6° apart. (5:49am)
- 19WedJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Cancer (mag −2.5). (4:19pm)
- 20ThuSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:13am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Mon 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:39pm | 4:15am |
| Thu 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Mon 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSat 8, 12:44pm
- Last QuarterSun 16, 5:20pm
- New MoonSun 23, 3:58pm
- First QuarterSun 30, 7:48am
Apogee 11 Jan (406,000 km) · Perigee 24 Jan (357,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.2 | 4:31am | 11:47am | 7:03pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.8 | 6:30am | 1:46pm | 9:02pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Lib | 1.4 | 2:15am | 9:19am | 4:24pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −2.5 | 8:54pm | 1:52am | 6:45am | All night |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.4 | 6:36am | 1:47pm | 8:57pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.4 | 11:17pm | 5:09am | 10:57am | Morning |
| Neptune | Ari | 7.8 | 3:59pm | 9:05pm | 2:16am | 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 86% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — January 2050
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.