Venus at greatest elongation west (morning)
Exact moment (showing UTC)
- Planet
- Venus
- Brightness
- magnitude -4.3
- Elongation
- 45.9° from the Sun
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What is happening
Venus reaches its greatest angular distance west of the Sun, 46°, and is at its best in the morning sky before sunrise.
Positions come from the JPL approximate planetary elements and are good to a few arcminutes; timings are accurate to within an hour or so.