The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2069
Highlights this month
- 4FriQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 87% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 8TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:42am)
- 16WedSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:22pm)
- 19SatMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (3:50am)
- 20SunThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (5:58pm)
- 30WedMercury at greatest morning elongation (25° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (10:26pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:05am |
| Thu 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:16am |
| Sun 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 23m | 10:30pm | 4:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:32am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 44 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterTue 1, 12:27am
- Full MoonTue 8, 12:43am
- Last QuarterTue 15, 11:14pm
- New MoonWed 23, 2:42pm
- First QuarterWed 30, 8:42am
Perigee 1 Jan (369,900 km) · Apogee 14 Jan (404,800 km) · Perigee 26 Jan (366,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | 1.2 | 5:16am | 12:23pm | 7:30pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.7 | 5:10am | 12:32pm | 7:54pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Oph | 1.5 | 3:39am | 11:01am | 6:24pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Cap | −1.8 | 8:24am | 3:15pm | 10:06pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.7 | 12:06am | 6:10am | 12:13pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.7 | 3:25am | 10:44am | 6:04pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.8 | 7:20pm | 12:11am | 4:59am | 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 87% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — January 2069
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 18 August 2026.