The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2094
Highlights this month
- 4MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 1° apart. (4:25am)
- 4MonQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 94% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 7ThuVenus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (7:07am)
- 13WedMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (9:06pm)
- 14ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 3° apart. (5:42pm)
- 20WedMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:42am)
- 21ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (10:27am)
- 24SunSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Cancer (mag −0.4). (6:18am)
- 29FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:43pm)
- 31SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 1° apart. (6:24am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:05am |
| Sun 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:16am |
| Wed 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 23m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Sun 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonSat 2, 3:56am
- Last QuarterSun 10, 8:45am
- New MoonSun 17, 6:08am
- First QuarterSat 23, 10:31pm
- Full MoonSun 31, 11:42pm
Apogee 4 Jan (406,100 km) · Perigee 17 Jan (357,100 km) · Apogee 31 Jan (406,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −0.5 | 7:48am | 2:47pm | 9:44pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −4.7 | 3:58am | 10:58am | 5:59pm | Morning |
| Mars | Aqr | 1.1 | 9:25am | 4:03pm | 10:41pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.0 | 11:29am | 5:36pm | 11:43pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Cnc | −0.4 | 9:10pm | 2:11am | 7:09am | All night |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 11:10am | 5:20pm | 11:31pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.8 | 10:33pm | 4:04am | 9:32am | 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 94% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — January 2094
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.