The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2182
Highlights this month
- 2WedThe Moon passes Venus — 2° apart. (5:28am)
- 4FriQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 8TueJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (1:42pm)
- 10ThuMercury at greatest morning elongation (23° from the Sun, mag −0.3) — best morning apparition. (11:54pm)
- 21MonSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Cancer (mag −0.5). (8:50am)
- 24ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (11:20pm)
- 31ThuThe Moon passes Venus — 4° apart. (5:58am)
- 31ThuVenus at greatest morning elongation (47° from the Sun, mag −4.4) — best morning apparition. (10:03pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 6:00am | 8:46pm | 14h 46m | 10:41pm | 4:04am |
| Thu 10 | 6:08am | 8:46pm | 14h 38m | 10:38pm | 4:15am |
| Sun 20 | 6:18am | 8:42pm | 14h 24m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Thu 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:47am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonSat 5, 10:35am
- First QuarterSat 12, 4:13am
- Full MoonSun 20, 6:46am
- Last QuarterMon 28, 5:38am
Perigee 5 Jan (356,700 km) · Apogee 19 Jan (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Sgr | −0.3 | 4:32am | 11:51am | 7:11pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −4.6 | 3:13am | 10:14am | 5:16pm | Morning |
| Mars | Sgr | 1.4 | 5:02am | 12:26pm | 7:50pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Leo | −2.0 | 11:25pm | 5:19am | 11:09am | Morning |
| Saturn | Cnc | −0.4 | 8:58pm | 1:58am | 6:53am | All night |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.9 | 12:32pm | 6:22pm | 12:16am | Evening |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 10:12am | 4:38pm | 11:04pm | Evening |
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 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — January 2182
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 11 October 2026.