The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2097
Highlights this month
- 3ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (5:00pm)
- 4FriQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 61% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 5SatJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Gemini (mag −2.6). (7:32am)
- 8TueThe Moon passes Mars — 0.8° apart. (5:25pm)
- 26SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (11:53am)
- 31ThuThe Moon passes Saturn — 2° apart. (1:10am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:41pm | 4:05am |
| Thu 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 37m | 10:38pm | 4:16am |
| Sun 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 23m | 10:30pm | 4:31am |
| Thu 31 | 6:32am | 8:34pm | 14h 02m | 10:17pm | 4:49am |
Days shorten by about 44 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSat 5, 8:20pm
- New MoonMon 14, 2:06am
- First QuarterMon 21, 2:34pm
- Full MoonMon 28, 6:44am
Apogee 10 Jan (405,800 km) · Perigee 25 Jan (363,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.4 | 4:45am | 12:09pm | 7:32pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Aqr | −4.7 | 9:57am | 4:22pm | 10:46pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Lib | 1.4 | 2:06am | 9:09am | 4:11pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Gem | −2.5 | 7:52pm | 12:41am | 5:26am | Evening |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.6 | 11:14pm | 5:00am | 10:41am | Morning |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 12:05pm | 6:02pm | 12:02am | Evening |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.8 | 10:50pm | 4:29am | 10:04am | 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 61% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — January 2097
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 31 August 2026.