The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2120
Highlights this month
- 4ThuQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 15% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 5FriUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Gemini (mag 5.5). (8:01pm)
- 20SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (2:39pm)
- 26FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (7:03pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 5:59am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:42pm | 4:03am |
| Wed 10 | 6:07am | 8:46pm | 14h 39m | 10:39pm | 4:14am |
| Sat 20 | 6:17am | 8:43pm | 14h 25m | 10:31pm | 4:28am |
| Wed 31 | 6:30am | 8:35pm | 14h 05m | 10:19pm | 4:46am |
Days shorten by about 42 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonMon 1, 11:12am
- First QuarterMon 8, 5:05am
- Full MoonTue 16, 6:55am
- Last QuarterWed 24, 6:25am
- New MoonTue 30, 9:58pm
Perigee 1 Jan (356,700 km) · Apogee 15 Jan (406,200 km) · Perigee 30 Jan (357,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −0.8 | 7:38am | 2:43pm | 9:47pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −3.7 | 4:07am | 11:27am | 6:47pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Sgr | 1.2 | 5:41am | 1:03pm | 8:24pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.5 | 6:00pm | 10:47pm | 3:38am | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.4 | 5:40pm | 10:33pm | 3:30am | Evening |
| Uranus | Gem | 5.5 | 7:59pm | 12:47am | 5:31am | All night |
| Neptune | Vir | 7.9 | 1:09am | 7:43am | 2:18pm | 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 15% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2120
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 9 September 2026.