The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2177
Highlights this month
- 4SatQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 15% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 14TueVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:26pm)
- 19SunSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (12:47am)
- 28TueMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (4:28am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:41pm | 4:04am |
| Fri 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Mon 20 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 23m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Fri 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterWed 8, 11:57am
- Full MoonWed 15, 3:03am
- Last QuarterWed 22, 4:14am
- New MoonThu 30, 9:41am
Perigee 14 Jan (358,500 km) · Apogee 26 Jan (405,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.8 | 5:31am | 12:56pm | 8:22pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cap | −4.6 | 8:52am | 3:27pm | 10:01pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Psc | 0.6 | 12:40pm | 6:26pm | 12:15am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.0 | 11:28am | 5:35pm | 11:43pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Ari | 0.0 | 3:26pm | 8:40pm | 1:58am | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 10:57am | 5:11pm | 11:25pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 9:18am | 3:56pm | 10:34pm | 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 thin 15% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2177
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 9 October 2026.