The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2093
Highlights this month
- 1ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1.0° apart. (9:36am)
- 4SunQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A 47% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 10SatSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Gemini (mag −0.5). (5:19am)
- 12MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 1° apart. (10:24pm)
- 20TueThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (5:41am)
- 30FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (10:50am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:05am |
| Sat 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 37m | 10:38pm | 4:16am |
| Tue 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 23m | 10:30pm | 4:31am |
| Sat 31 | 6:32am | 8:34pm | 14h 02m | 10:17pm | 4:49am |
Days shorten by about 44 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterMon 5, 12:22am
- Full MoonTue 13, 4:44am
- Last QuarterTue 20, 11:14pm
- New MoonTue 27, 2:24pm
Apogee 10 Jan (406,100 km) · Perigee 26 Jan (359,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −1.0 | 7:07am | 2:19pm | 9:31pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.7 | 5:18am | 12:40pm | 8:02pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 0.6 | 12:35am | 6:55am | 1:15pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −1.9 | 9:03am | 3:46pm | 10:28pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Gem | −0.5 | 8:13pm | 1:06am | 5:55am | All night |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.9 | 10:50am | 5:05pm | 11:21pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.8 | 10:26pm | 3:55am | 9:20am | 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 47% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — January 2093
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 30 August 2026.