The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2125
Highlights this month
- 1MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.5° apart. (1:27am)
- 4ThuQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 16TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:23am)
- 26FriThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (8:02am)
- 27SatUranus at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Cancer (mag 5.4). (2:55pm)
- 28SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.1° apart. (3:24pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:42pm | 4:04am |
| Wed 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Sat 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Wed 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonFri 5, 4:03am
- First QuarterSat 13, 8:32am
- Full Moon SupermoonSat 20, 5:43am
- Last QuarterFri 26, 10:03pm
Apogee 7 Jan (406,100 km) · Perigee 20 Jan (357,000 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −1.2 | 6:06am | 1:29pm | 8:52pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.7 | 5:27am | 12:49pm | 8:11pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 0.8 | 12:48am | 7:14am | 1:40pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Lib | −1.6 | 2:17am | 9:20am | 4:23pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Leo | 0.1 | 10:25pm | 3:49am | 9:08am | Morning |
| Uranus | Cnc | 5.4 | 9:21pm | 2:25am | 7:24am | All night |
| Neptune | Lib | 7.9 | 1:35am | 8:21am | 3:08pm | 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 0% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2125
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 10 September 2026.