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Embark on a cosmic journey with us as we explore Venus, the dazzling "Evening Star" of our solar system. Discover the unique features of Venus, the second planet from the Sun, often...
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Did you know that appearances of Venus in the sky repeat in an 8-year cycle? Learn about all of this and more in this new Virtual Planetarium video! Curl up with a snack and enjoy this...
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This tell the story of Venus the third brightest natural object in the sky. It is so bright it has often been mistaken for a UFO and US president Jimmy Carte...
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Aug 6, 2024 · Venus left the morning sky on April 16, 2024 and journeyed through the underworld for three months, rebirthing just a few weeks ago as the evening star on July 21, 2024. We can now see her in the evening sky until March 16, 2025.
- For Precise Sun and Venus Rising Times at Your Location
- When Will Greatest Elongation occur?
- A Comparison of Elongations
- Venus Events from Late 2024 and 2025
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Greatest elongation is at 4 UTC on January 10, 2025. That’s 10 p.m. CST on January 9. Venus will appear in our evening sky, in the west after sunset. At this elongation, the distance of Venus from the sun on the sky’s dome is 47.2 degrees. After greatest elongation, Venus will quickly sink toward the sunset as it races toward its sweep between the ...
Not all of Venus’s greatest elongations are created equal. That’s because the farthest from the sun that Venus can ever appear on the sky’s dome is about 47.3 degrees. On the other hand, the least distance is around 45.4 degrees. Elongations are also higher or lower depending on the time of year they occur and your location on Earth.
Note: Times listed are in UTC. June 4, 2024: Superior conjunction (passed behind sun from Earth) January 10, 2025: Greatest elongation (evening) March 23, 2025: Inferior conjunction (races between Earth and sun) May 31, 2025:Greatest elongation (morning) Bottom line: At greatest eastern elongation on January 9-10, 2025, Venus is as far from the sun...
Feb 26, 2010 · Now Venus hangs low in the western sky at sunset, an"evening star" that will rise higher each night.
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Aug 12, 2023 · When Venus is three weeks into her retrograde period, there’s a short period of darkness as Evening Star. After three days of invisibility, while still retrograde, Venus is resurrected and emerges, rising ahead of the Sun as a Morning Star. In this phase, she is called Lucifer, or the light bearer.
