The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2090

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

Highlights this month

  • 4WedQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 10% Moon leaves the sky dark.
  • 8SunMercury at greatest morning elongation (23° from the Sun, mag −0.3) — best morning apparition. (12:29pm)
  • 13FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (12:42am)
  • 26ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (7:15am)

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Sun 16:00am8:46pm14h 46m10:42pm4:05am
Tue 106:08am8:46pm14h 38m10:38pm4:15am
Fri 206:19am8:42pm14h 23m10:30pm4:30am
Tue 316:31am8:34pm14h 03m10:17pm4:48am

Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • New MoonSun 1, 6:58am
  • First QuarterMon 9, 12:26pm
  • Full MoonMon 16, 2:10pm
  • Last QuarterMon 23, 5:38am
  • New MoonTue 31, 1:35am

Apogee 5 Jan (405,700 km) · Perigee 17 Jan (358,900 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercurySgr−0.34:33am11:54am7:15pmHidden
VenusCap−3.86:46am1:59pm9:12pmHidden
MarsCap1.26:40am1:53pm9:06pmHidden
JupiterOph−1.63:05am10:19am5:33pmMorning
SaturnTau−0.34:52pm9:51pm2:53amEvening
UranusAqr6.09:54am4:24pm10:54pmEvening
NeptuneLeo7.810:08pm3:30am8:48amMorning

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 10% Moon leaves the sky dark.

The solar system — January 2090

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 29 August 2026.