Venus (Planet)

From Seattle , Venus is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:17 (PDT) – 3 hours and 42 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 32° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:41.
Name
Venus
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Object type
Inferior planet
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Computed for: | 27 September 2023 |
Right ascension: | 09h27m [2] |
Declination: | +11°16' [2] |
Constellation: | Leo |
Magnitude: | -4.53 (V) [1] |
Angular diameter: | 33.9 arcsec[2] |
Distance: | 0.50 AU 4.13 lightmin [2] |
Angular motion (speed): | 40.76 arcmin/day[2] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 95.4° |
Semi-major axis: | 0.72 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.006773 |
Inclination: | 3.39° |
Longitude ascending node: | 76.68° |
Argument of perihelion: | 54.85° |
Epoch of elements: | 01 January 2000 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 50.45° |
Absolute mag (H): | -4.34 [1] |
Slope parameter (n): | 2.00 [1] |
Perihelion: | 0.72 AU |
Aphelion: | 0.73 AU |
Orbital period: | 0.62 years |
[1] | Robin M. Green, Spherical Astronomy, 1985, ISBN 0-521-31779-7 |
[2] | Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac. 1992. K. P. Seidelmann, Ed., p.316 |
All times shown in Seattle local time.
18 Sep 2023 | – Venus at greatest brightness |
18 Oct 2023 | – Venus at highest altitude in morning sky |
22 Oct 2023 | – Venus at dichotomy |
23 Oct 2023 | – Venus at greatest elongation west |
09 Nov 2023 | – Lunar occultation of Venus |
28 Nov 2023 | – Venus at perihelion |
19 Mar 2024 | – Venus at aphelion |
07 Apr 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Venus |