The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2095
Highlights this month
- 1SatThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (2:29am)
- 4TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:48am)
- 4TueQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 6% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 13ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:38pm)
- 14FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (2:56am)
- 22SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (12:06pm)
- 24MonMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (7:40pm)
- 29SatThe Moon passes Mars — 2° apart. (5:04pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Mon 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Thu 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Mon 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonThu 6, 8:36pm
- First QuarterThu 13, 1:30pm
- Full MoonThu 20, 11:55pm
- Last QuarterSat 29, 4:08am
Perigee 9 Jan (365,000 km) · Apogee 25 Jan (405,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | 5.0 | 6:07am | 1:09pm | 8:11pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cap | −3.7 | 8:20am | 3:16pm | 10:11pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Lib | 1.1 | 1:22am | 8:06am | 2:49pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Ari | −2.2 | 2:08pm | 7:36pm | 1:08am | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | −0.1 | 9:58pm | 3:13am | 8:23am | Morning |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 11:29am | 5:35pm | 11:41pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.8 | 10:40pm | 4:14am | 9:44am | 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 thin 6% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2095
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.