The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2061
Highlights this month
- 4TueQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 95% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 5WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (8:36am)
- 13ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 1° apart. (4:07am)
- 15SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (12:41pm)
- 21FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:31pm)
- 31MonMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:39am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:05am |
| Mon 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:16am |
| Thu 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 23m | 10:30pm | 4:31am |
| Mon 31 | 6:32am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonThu 6, 1:22pm
- Last QuarterFri 14, 1:00am
- New MoonSat 22, 2:21am
- First QuarterSat 29, 5:13am
Perigee 3 Jan (364,300 km) · Apogee 15 Jan (405,000 km) · Perigee 30 Jan (369,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −0.6 | 7:48am | 2:47pm | 9:46pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.7 | 5:07am | 12:29pm | 7:51pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 0.5 | 12:25am | 6:38am | 12:50pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.5 | 6:45pm | 11:28pm | 4:16am | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.3 | 5:23pm | 10:17pm | 3:15am | Evening |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 1:30am | 8:21am | 3:12pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.8 | 5:58pm | 10:49pm | 3:43am | 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 95% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — January 2061
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.