The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2055
Highlights this month
- 4MonQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A 32% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 4MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.7° apart. (2:08pm)
- 6WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (6:05am)
- 12TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:22pm)
- 19TueUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:38am)
- 22FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:49am)
- 23SatMars is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:36pm)
- 24SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (11:04pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Sun 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:39pm | 4:15am |
| Wed 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:31pm | 4:30am |
| Sun 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 6, 2:46pm
- Full MoonWed 13, 10:26pm
- Last QuarterWed 20, 2:21pm
- New MoonThu 28, 4:43am
Apogee 4 Jan (405,200 km) · Perigee 15 Jan (362,200 km) · Apogee 31 Jan (405,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | 1.1 | 7:26am | 2:23pm | 9:19pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cap | −3.7 | 8:04am | 3:04pm | 10:03pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Tau | −1.0 | 6:17pm | 10:48pm | 3:24am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Oph | −1.6 | 4:02am | 11:23am | 6:43pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Psc | 1.1 | 11:00am | 5:17pm | 11:35pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.5 | 12:20am | 6:38am | 12:56pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.8 | 4:55pm | 9:53pm | 2:55am | 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 32% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — January 2055
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.