The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — January 2193
Highlights this month
- 4FriQuadrantids meteor shower peaks (up to 110/hr). A thin 1% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 8TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best evening apparition. (9:57pm)
- 10ThuVenus is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:45am)
- 15TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (12:36pm)
- 20SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 2° apart. (2:17am)
- 24ThuMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:31pm)
- 29TueThe Moon passes Mars — 5° apart. (2:53am)
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 | 6:19am | 8:42pm | 14h 23m | 10:30pm | 4:30am |
| Thu 31 | 6:31am | 8:34pm | 14h 03m | 10:17pm | 4:48am |
Days shorten by about 43 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonThu 3, 11:06pm
- First QuarterThu 10, 10:38pm
- Full MoonThu 17, 11:00pm
- Last QuarterFri 25, 11:12pm
Perigee 10 Jan (369,900 km) · Apogee 24 Jan (404,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Cap | 0.2 | 7:40am | 2:36pm | 9:31pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Cap | −4.5 | 8:28am | 3:06pm | 9:43pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Sco | 1.5 | 2:40am | 9:52am | 5:05pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Leo | −2.3 | 10:12pm | 3:33am | 8:50am | Morning |
| Saturn | Oph | 0.4 | 3:35am | 10:50am | 6:04pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Tau | 5.7 | 4:12pm | 9:12pm | 2:15am | Evening |
| Neptune | Psc | 7.9 | 12:09pm | 6:06pm | 12:07am | 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 2193
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 21 October 2026.