Venus (Planet)
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From Cambridge , Venus is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 8° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 05:14 (EDT) – 1 hour and 8 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 8° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:05.
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Name
Venus
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Object type
Inferior planet
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Current position
| Computed for: | 02 April 2025 |
| Right ascension: | 23h36m [2] |
| Declination: | +05°05' [2] |
| Constellation: | Pisces |
| Magnitude: | -4.26 (V) [1] |
| Angular diameter: | 55.9 arcsec[2] |
| Distance: | 0.30 AU 2.47 lightmin [2] |
| Angular motion (speed): | 27.07 arcmin/day[2] |
| Angular motion (pos ang): | 220.4° |
Orbital elements [2]
| Semi-major axis: | 0.72 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.006777 |
| Inclination: | 3.39° |
| Longitude ascending node: | 76.68° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 54.92° |
| Epoch of elements: | 01 January 2000 |
| Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 50.38° |
| Absolute mag (H): | -4.34 [1] |
| Slope parameter (n): | 2.00 [1] |
Derived quantities
| Perihelion: | 0.72 AU |
| Aphelion: | 0.73 AU |
| Orbital period: | 0.62 years |
Sources
| [1] | Robin M. Green, Spherical Astronomy, 1985, ISBN 0-521-31779-7 |
| [2] | Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, 2013, Urban & Seidelmann, Eds., Table 8.7, ISBN 978-1-891389-85-6 |
Visibility from Cambridge
All times shown in Cambridge local time.
Events
| 22 Mar 2025 | – Venus at inferior solar conjunction |
| 24 Apr 2025 | – Venus at greatest brightness |
| 31 May 2025 | – Venus at greatest elongation west |
| 01 Jun 2025 | – Venus at dichotomy |
| 12 Jun 2025 | – Venus at aphelion |
| 01 Aug 2025 | – Venus at highest altitude in morning sky |
| 19 Sep 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Venus |
| 02 Oct 2025 | – Venus at perihelion |
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