The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2146
Highlights this month
- 3MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (6:40pm)
- 4TueQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A bright 69% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 9SunThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (8:56pm)
- 19WedThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.1° apart. (9:55pm)
- 25TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (7:52am)
- 30SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (8:45pm)
- 31MonMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:52am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 10:41pm | 4:04am |
| Mon 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Thu 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:30pm | 4:29am |
| Mon 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterThu 6, 12:15pm
- New MoonThu 13, 3:23am
- First QuarterThu 20, 4:46am
- Full MoonFri 28, 9:32am
Perigee 12 Jan (358,400 km) · Apogee 24 Jan (405,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −0.9 | 7:25am | 2:33pm | 9:41pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cap | −3.7 | 7:05am | 2:16pm | 9:26pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Sco | 1.5 | 2:49am | 10:03am | 5:17pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Leo | −2.2 | 10:52pm | 4:30am | 10:03am | Morning |
| Saturn | Psc | 0.4 | 1:43pm | 7:20pm | 1:02am | Evening |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.6 | 1:48am | 8:45am | 3:43pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Oph | 8.0 | 4:09am | 11:26am | 6:43pm | Hidden |
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 bright 69% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — January 2146
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 17 September 2026.