The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2133
Highlights this month
- 3SatThe Moon passes Saturn — 1.0° apart. (11:07am)
- 4SunQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 19MonJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Cancer (mag −2.5). (9:27pm)
- 21WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (9:44am)
- 22ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (11:17am)
- 28WedMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:54pm)
- 30FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 1° apart. (10:20pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:41pm | 4:04am |
| Sat 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Tue 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Sat 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 04m | 10:17pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonTue 6, 11:14pm
- First QuarterWed 14, 9:12pm
- Full Moon SupermoonWed 21, 1:02pm
- Last QuarterWed 28, 12:32pm
Apogee 5 Jan (406,200 km) · Perigee 20 Jan (357,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −0.9 | 7:34am | 2:40pm | 9:45pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.7 | 5:30am | 12:52pm | 8:13pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Sgr | 1.5 | 4:07am | 11:31am | 6:56pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −2.5 | 8:55pm | 1:52am | 6:46am | All night |
| Saturn | Sco | 0.4 | 2:53am | 10:00am | 5:07pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Leo | 5.4 | 11:08pm | 4:56am | 10:39am | Morning |
| Neptune | Lib | 8.0 | 2:27am | 9:29am | 4:32pm | 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 4% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2133
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 13 September 2026.