The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2141
Highlights this month
- 4WedQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 14% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 5ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:30am)
- 14SatMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:28pm)
- 26ThuMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:38am)
- 29SunUranus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (5:54pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:41pm | 4:04am |
| Tue 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Fri 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Tue 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 04m | 10:17pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSun 8, 5:22pm
- First QuarterMon 16, 4:33am
- Full MoonSun 22, 9:23pm
- Last QuarterMon 30, 8:23am
Apogee 4 Jan (405,700 km) · Perigee 20 Jan (364,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | 6.1 | 6:19am | 1:20pm | 8:21pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.8 | 5:33am | 12:54pm | 8:16pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Aqr | 1.2 | 9:11am | 3:53pm | 10:35pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Aqr | −1.9 | 10:26am | 4:49pm | 11:12pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Aqr | 0.7 | 8:56am | 3:42pm | 10:28pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.5 | 12:45am | 7:16am | 1:48pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Oph | 8.0 | 3:27am | 10:40am | 5:53pm | 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 14% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2141
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 15 September 2026.