The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2084
Highlights this month
- 4TueQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 5WedThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (2:26pm)
- 26WedJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:35am)
- 31MonNeptune at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Cancer (mag 7.8). (3:42am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Mon 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:39pm | 4:15am |
| Thu 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:31pm | 4:30am |
| Mon 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSat 1, 1:04pm
- New MoonSat 8, 4:20am
- First QuarterSat 15, 5:02am
- Full MoonSun 23, 10:16am
- Last QuarterSun 30, 11:52pm
Perigee 7 Jan (358,200 km) · Apogee 19 Jan (405,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.4 | 4:49am | 12:13pm | 7:38pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Aqr | −4.0 | 9:37am | 4:15pm | 10:51pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Oph | 1.5 | 3:17am | 10:37am | 5:57pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.4 | 4:41pm | 9:38pm | 2:39am | Evening |
| Saturn | Aqr | 1.0 | 10:36am | 4:59pm | 11:22pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Cap | 5.9 | 8:03am | 2:59pm | 9:55pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Cnc | 7.8 | 9:29pm | 2:38am | 7:43am | 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 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2084
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.