The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2068
Highlights this month
- 4WedQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 4WedSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:24pm)
- 9MonMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (3:11am)
- 12ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (4:33pm)
- 15SunJupiter in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:06am)
- 15SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:45pm)
- 25WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:19am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Tue 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:39pm | 4:15am |
| Fri 20 | 6:18am | 8:43pm | 14h 24m | 10:31pm | 4:29am |
| Tue 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonThu 5, 1:40pm
- First QuarterThu 12, 4:46am
- Full MoonThu 19, 8:50pm
- Last QuarterSat 28, 1:29am
Perigee 7 Jan (361,500 km) · Apogee 23 Jan (406,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | 0.2 | 7:40am | 2:36pm | 9:33pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Aqr | −3.9 | 9:32am | 4:11pm | 10:49pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Ari | 0.2 | 2:06pm | 7:30pm | 12:56am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −1.8 | 6:14am | 1:28pm | 8:43pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.8 | 11:33pm | 5:25am | 11:13am | Morning |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.7 | 3:11am | 10:29am | 5:47pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.8 | 7:13pm | 12:00am | 4:52am | 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 thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2068
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 17 August 2026.