The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2101
Highlights this month
- 4TueQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 7FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (11:22am)
- 14FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:07am)
- 23SunMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:43pm)
- 27ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (9:59am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Mon 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:39pm | 4:15am |
| Thu 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:31pm | 4:29am |
| Mon 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterFri 7, 6:39pm
- Full MoonSat 15, 9:52pm
- Last QuarterSun 23, 5:05am
- New MoonSat 29, 11:28pm
Apogee 10 Jan (405,300 km) · Perigee 26 Jan (366,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | 0.7 | 7:33am | 2:29pm | 9:26pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.7 | 5:19am | 12:41pm | 8:03pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Oph | 1.5 | 3:53am | 11:17am | 6:40pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.6 | 1:55am | 8:51am | 3:47pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.5 | 1:28am | 8:08am | 2:48pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 1:26pm | 7:03pm | 12:44am | Evening |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.9 | 11:17pm | 5:06am | 10:52am | 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 21% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2101
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 2 September 2026.