The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2060

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

4SunQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
13TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (4:54am)
13TueThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (2:50pm)
15ThuJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (11:18pm)
28WedSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (4:20pm)

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Astro. dark begins	ends
Thu 1	6:00am	8:46pm	14h 47m	10:42pm	4:04am
Sat 10	6:08am	8:46pm	14h 39m	10:39pm	4:15am
Tue 20	6:18am	8:43pm	14h 24m	10:31pm	4:29am
Sat 31	6:31am	8:35pm	14h 04m	10:18pm	4:47am

Days shorten by about 42 minutes over the month.

Perigee 8 Jan (368,600 km) · Apogee 24 Jan (405,100 km)

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

Planet	In	Mag	Rise	Transit	Set	Best
Mercury	Cap	−1.1	6:56am	2:11pm	9:26pm	Hidden
Venus	Aqr	−3.9	9:30am	4:09pm	10:48pm	Hidden
Mars	Cap	1.2	7:42am	2:45pm	9:47pm	Hidden
Jupiter	Ari	−2.3	3:50pm	8:56pm	2:06am	Evening
Saturn	Tau	−0.2	4:15pm	9:20pm	2:30am	Evening
Uranus	Lib	5.5	1:20am	8:06am	2:52pm	Morning
Neptune	Tau	7.8	5:51pm	10:42pm	3:37am	Evening

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 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.

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.