The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2082
Highlights this month
- 1ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:38pm)
- 3SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.2° apart. (5:29am)
- 4SunQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 23% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 5MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (1:20pm)
- 10SatMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:37pm)
- 21WedMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (11:43pm)
- 26MonNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Cancer (mag 7.8). (7:25am)
- 29ThuUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:19pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Sat 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Tue 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 23m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Sat 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 7, 3:52pm
- Full MoonThu 15, 5:17am
- Last QuarterWed 21, 11:15pm
- New MoonThu 29, 7:50am
Apogee 6 Jan (404,900 km) · Perigee 18 Jan (365,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | 2.6 | 5:39am | 12:44pm | 7:48pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cap | −3.8 | 6:43am | 1:57pm | 9:10pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Lib | 1.4 | 2:25am | 9:33am | 4:42pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.0 | 11:08am | 5:20pm | 11:33pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Cap | 0.7 | 8:46am | 3:34pm | 10:22pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.9 | 7:23am | 2:26pm | 9:30pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Cnc | 7.8 | 9:12pm | 2:17am | 7:19am | 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 thin 23% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2082
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 26 August 2026.