The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2144

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

Highlights this month

  • 1WedThe Moon passes Mars — 0.8° apart. (2:40am)
  • 4SatQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
  • 18SatThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (8:24pm)
  • 29WedThe Moon passes Mars — 1° apart. (2:11pm)
  • 31FriMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:36am)

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Wed 15:59am8:46pm14h 47m10:41pm4:03am
Fri 106:07am8:46pm14h 39m10:39pm4:14am
Mon 206:17am8:43pm14h 25m10:31pm4:29am
Fri 316:30am8:35pm14h 05m10:18pm4:46am

Days shorten by about 42 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • New MoonSun 5, 3:18pm
  • First QuarterMon 13, 3:20pm
  • Full MoonTue 21, 4:50am
  • Last QuarterMon 27, 10:01pm

Apogee 12 Jan (404,900 km) · Perigee 24 Jan (365,400 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercurySgr−0.75:22am12:48pm8:14pmHidden
VenusSgr−3.74:14am11:34am6:55pmHidden
MarsLib1.42:02am9:01am4:00pmMorning
JupiterTau−2.56:49pm11:33pm4:21amEvening
SaturnPsc1.011:44am5:51pm12:02amEvening
UranusLib5.51:25am8:12am2:59pmMorning
NeptuneOph8.03:54am11:10am6:25pmMorning

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 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.

The solar system — January 2144

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 16 September 2026.