The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2157
Highlights this month
- 4TueQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A 46% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 9SunNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:45pm)
- 14FriSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:28am)
- 26WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (5:51am)
- 28FriJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Cancer (mag −2.5). (4:27pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 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 | 4:30am |
| Mon 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 4, 7:35am
- New MoonTue 11, 7:27pm
- First QuarterTue 18, 12:47pm
- Full MoonTue 25, 11:00pm
Apogee 2 Jan (405,000 km) · Perigee 14 Jan (364,600 km) · Apogee 30 Jan (405,600 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.7 | 5:17am | 12:43pm | 8:08pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −3.8 | 5:39am | 1:00pm | 8:20pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 0.9 | 12:58am | 7:30am | 2:01pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −2.4 | 9:28pm | 2:34am | 7:36am | All night |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.7 | 11:55pm | 5:59am | 11:59am | Morning |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.8 | 4:39am | 12:02pm | 7:24pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Sgr | 8.0 | 5:50am | 1:04pm | 8:18pm | 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 46% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — January 2157
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 29 September 2026.