The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2158

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

Highlights this month

  • 4WedQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
  • 12ThuNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (3:15am)
  • 13FriMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:46pm)
  • 18WedThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (11:22pm)
  • 26ThuSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:29pm)

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Sun 16:00am8:46pm14h 46m10:41pm4:04am
Tue 106:08am8:46pm14h 38m10:38pm4:15am
Fri 206:18am8:42pm14h 24m10:30pm4:29am
Tue 316:31am8:34pm14h 04m10:17pm4:47am

Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • New MoonSun 1, 4:28am
  • First QuarterSun 8, 9:23am
  • Full MoonSun 15, 5:17am
  • Last QuarterSun 22, 11:54pm
  • New MoonMon 30, 7:55pm

Perigee 10 Jan (368,400 km) · Apogee 23 Jan (404,700 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercurySgr−1.26:12am1:35pm8:57pmHidden
VenusOph−4.73:20am10:21am5:22pmMorning
MarsAqr1.110:04am4:33pm11:01pmEvening
JupiterLeo−2.111:04pm4:47am10:25amMorning
SaturnVir0.612:32am6:47am1:02pmMorning
UranusSgr5.84:58am12:20pm7:42pmHidden
NeptuneSgr8.06:01am1:14pm8:27pmHidden

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 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.

The solar system — January 2158

Evening sky Morning sky Up much of the night Lost in the Sun’s glare

Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 30 September 2026.