Venus at greatest elongation east (evening)
Exact moment (showing UTC)
- Planet
- Venus
- Brightness
- magnitude -4.4
- Elongation
- 47.2° from the Sun
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What is happening
Venus reaches its greatest angular distance east of the Sun, 47°, and is at its best in the evening sky after sunset.
Positions come from the JPL approximate planetary elements and are good to a few arcminutes; timings are accurate to within an hour or so.