The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2062
Highlights this month
- 4WedQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A 34% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 5ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:18pm)
- 15SunMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:52am)
- 17TueVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:43am)
- 24TueJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Cancer (mag −2.5). (3:31am)
- 25WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (12:13pm)
- 26ThuMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:40am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Tue 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Fri 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 3, 12:22am
- New MoonWed 11, 4:54am
- First QuarterWed 18, 11:57pm
- Full MoonWed 25, 2:37pm
Apogee 8 Jan (406,100 km) · Perigee 24 Jan (359,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | 6.2 | 6:23am | 1:24pm | 8:24pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −4.5 | 4:36am | 11:36am | 6:35pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Aqr | 1.2 | 9:06am | 3:49pm | 10:32pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −2.4 | 9:11pm | 2:13am | 7:10am | All night |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.5 | 6:34pm | 11:21pm | 4:13am | Evening |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 1:43am | 8:40am | 3:36pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.8 | 6:10pm | 10:59pm | 3:53am | 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 34% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — January 2062
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 August 2026.