The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2091
Highlights this month
- 4ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (6:02am)
- 4ThuQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 97% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 11ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (12:19am)
- 16TueThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (12:48pm)
- 27SatMars is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:14pm)
- 31WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (1:02pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Wed 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Sat 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Wed 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSat 6, 2:57am
- Last QuarterFri 12, 11:35pm
- New MoonSat 20, 3:33am
- First QuarterSun 28, 6:30am
Perigee 10 Jan (368,500 km) · Apogee 26 Jan (405,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.6 | 5:07am | 12:33pm | 7:58pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −4.1 | 3:11am | 10:19am | 5:27pm | Morning |
| Mars | Vir | −0.1 | 11:39pm | 5:29am | 11:16am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −1.7 | 4:48am | 12:09pm | 7:30pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.4 | 6:04pm | 10:54pm | 3:48am | Evening |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.9 | 10:14am | 4:39pm | 11:04pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.8 | 10:15pm | 3:40am | 9:00am | 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 97% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — January 2091
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.