The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2075
Highlights this month
- 1TueUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:46pm)
- 1TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (20° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (4:51pm)
- 4FriQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 97% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 7MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (9:44pm)
- 8TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:31pm)
- 11FriNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Gemini (mag 7.8). (7:57am)
- 13SunThe Moon passes Venus — 0.9° apart. (11:29pm)
- 14MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (9:47am)
- 18FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:02am)
- 20SunVenus and Saturn in conjunction — 1° apart. (12:19am)
- 29TueMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:43am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Thu 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Sun 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Thu 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonWed 2, 8:39pm
- Last QuarterThu 10, 2:24pm
- New MoonThu 17, 5:39am
- First QuarterThu 24, 10:32am
Perigee 15 Jan (360,300 km) · Apogee 27 Jan (405,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | 4.3 | 6:52am | 1:50pm | 8:48pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −4.2 | 3:09am | 10:16am | 5:23pm | Morning |
| Mars | Cap | 1.2 | 7:11am | 2:19pm | 9:27pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Leo | −2.1 | 11:03pm | 4:46am | 10:25am | Morning |
| Saturn | Oph | 0.4 | 3:23am | 10:35am | 5:48pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.8 | 5:11am | 12:32pm | 7:53pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.8 | 8:17pm | 1:12am | 6:03am | All night |
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 97% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — January 2075
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 20 August 2026.