The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2089
Highlights this month
- 3MonMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:54pm)
- 4TueQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A 45% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 6ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.6° apart. (2:34pm)
- 14FriMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (5:12pm)
- 21FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.2° apart. (6:15pm)
- 21FriSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:19pm)
- 26WedMercury at greatest morning elongation (25° from the Sun, mag −0.1) — best morning apparition. (3:17am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:05am |
| Mon 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 37m | 10:38pm | 4:16am |
| Thu 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 23m | 10:30pm | 4:31am |
| Mon 31 | 6:32am | 8:34pm | 14h 02m | 10:17pm | 4:49am |
Days shorten by about 44 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 4, 5:00am
- New MoonWed 12, 7:21am
- First QuarterThu 20, 6:53am
- Full Moon SupermoonWed 26, 10:25pm
Apogee 11 Jan (406,300 km) · Perigee 26 Jan (357,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | 0.3 | 4:50am | 12:01pm | 7:11pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Aqr | −4.7 | 10:00am | 4:24pm | 10:49pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | −1.0 | 10:08pm | 3:11am | 8:10am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.7 | 1:41am | 8:33am | 3:25pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Ari | −0.1 | 3:41pm | 8:52pm | 2:07am | Evening |
| Uranus | Aqr | 6.0 | 9:35am | 4:09pm | 10:43pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.8 | 10:00pm | 3:20am | 8:36am | 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 45% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — January 2089
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.