The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2053
Highlights this month
- 4SatQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 7TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:49pm)
- 9ThuUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:07am)
- 13MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (4:26am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:05am |
| Fri 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:16am |
| Mon 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 23m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Fri 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full Moon SupermoonSun 5, 4:46am
- Last QuarterSun 12, 5:11am
- New MoonMon 20, 10:12am
- First QuarterTue 28, 12:46am
Perigee 4 Jan (358,100 km) · Apogee 16 Jan (405,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −1.2 | 6:32am | 1:51pm | 9:10pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.7 | 5:04am | 12:27pm | 7:49pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | −0.1 | 3:01pm | 8:10pm | 1:22am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.7 | 1:10am | 7:50am | 2:30pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Aqr | 0.8 | 9:09am | 3:52pm | 10:34pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.4 | 11:51pm | 6:01am | 12:07pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.8 | 4:31pm | 9:32pm | 2:37am | 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 2053
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.