The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2179
Highlights this month
- 4MonQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 14% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 5TueThe Moon passes Venus — 5° apart. (3:55am)
- 17SunThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (9:15pm)
- 19TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (9:14pm)
- 23SatMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (4:30pm)
- 29FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:45pm)
- 30SatJupiter is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (8:28pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 5:59am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:41pm | 4:04am |
| Sun 10 | 6:07am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Wed 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:30pm | 4:29am |
| Sun 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 04m | 10:18pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterFri 1, 2:57am
- New MoonFri 8, 10:21am
- First QuarterSat 16, 1:49pm
- Full MoonSat 23, 9:10pm
- Last QuarterSat 30, 12:08pm
Apogee 13 Jan (405,300 km) · Perigee 25 Jan (361,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | −0.9 | 7:30am | 2:37pm | 9:44pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −4.0 | 3:24am | 10:36am | 5:48pm | Morning |
| Mars | Ari | −0.0 | 2:48pm | 8:01pm | 1:16am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.4 | 5:05pm | 9:58pm | 2:56am | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.4 | 5:48pm | 10:40pm | 3:36am | Evening |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 11:36am | 5:41pm | 11:45pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 9:41am | 4:15pm | 10:48pm | 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 14% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2179
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 10 October 2026.