The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2150
Highlights this month
- 4SunQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A 25% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 11SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (9:20pm)
- 25SunThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (3:48am)
- 26MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (4:25am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 47m | 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 | 4:29am |
| Sat 31 | 6:31am | 8:35pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 7, 4:14am
- Full MoonTue 13, 7:39pm
- Last QuarterWed 21, 1:57am
- New MoonThu 29, 6:20am
Perigee 11 Jan (361,200 km) · Apogee 23 Jan (405,400 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.5 | 4:57am | 12:22pm | 7:47pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −4.7 | 3:23am | 10:24am | 5:25pm | Morning |
| Mars | Sgr | 1.4 | 4:46am | 12:11pm | 7:36pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Sgr | −1.6 | 4:17am | 11:38am | 6:59pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.4 | 6:17pm | 11:05pm | 3:58am | Evening |
| Uranus | Sco | 5.7 | 2:44am | 9:57am | 5:10pm | Morning |
| Neptune | Sgr | 8.0 | 4:45am | 12:02pm | 7:19pm | 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 25% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — January 2150
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 22 September 2026.