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Sep 15, 2023 · Astronomers call the February 16 event a greatest brilliancy of Venus. Venus will reach its peak in brilliancy – at magnitude -4.6 – on February 16. It won’t appear this bright to us again...
Sep 8, 2023 · But with each passing morning, Venus has been rising ever higher and has been getting a little brighter; it will attain its greatest brilliance on Sept. 19, appearing at an eye-popping...
Venus typically appears highest in the sky a few days or weeks closer to the autumn equinox than the moment of greatest elongation. The inclination of the ecliptic plane to the horizon at Redmond varies between 65° (sunrise at the autumn equinox) and 18° (sunrise at the spring equinox).
Venus will reach its greatest brightness in its 2023 evening apparition. It will be shining brightly at mag -4.5. From Redmond , this apparition will be well placed and prominent, reaching a peak altitude of 35° above the horizon at sunset on 28 Apr 2023.
Sep 17, 2023 · Greatest brilliancy for Venus for this 2023 morning apparition will happen on September 19. Look at the photo above. Venus now appears as a crescent – through telescopes – as seen from Earth.
This sequence of telescopic images illustrates the steady changes for Venus during its recent 2023 apparition as our evening star. Gliding along its interior orbit between Earth and Sun, Venus grows larger during that period because it is approaching planet Earth.
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At greatest brilliancy in the 2023-24 morning apparition, Venus was positioned 40° West of the Sun with a 28% illuminated crescent (phase = 0.28) and an apparent diameter of 37".7.
