The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2088
Highlights this month
- 4SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (1:16am)
- 4SunQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 77% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 4SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (2:10pm)
- 9FriSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:46am)
- 11SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:47am)
- 15ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (12:49pm)
- 20TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (6:19pm)
- 21WedThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (5:05pm)
- 31SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (8:11am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Sat 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:39pm | 4:15am |
| Tue 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:31pm | 4:30am |
| Sat 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterFri 2, 5:01am
- Full MoonThu 8, 8:35pm
- Last QuarterFri 16, 2:14am
- New MoonSat 24, 6:44am
- First QuarterSat 31, 2:38pm
Perigee 7 Jan (360,900 km) · Apogee 19 Jan (405,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | 2.0 | 7:16am | 2:12pm | 9:09pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −3.8 | 4:00am | 11:19am | 6:38pm | Morning |
| Mars | Sgr | 1.3 | 5:24am | 12:47pm | 8:10pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.8 | 12:32am | 6:52am | 1:13pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.2 | 2:36pm | 8:02pm | 1:31am | Evening |
| Uranus | Aqr | 6.0 | 9:19am | 3:58pm | 10:36pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.8 | 9:57pm | 3:14am | 8:28am | Morning |
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 77% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — January 2088
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 28 August 2026.