Venus (Planet)

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© NASA/Ricardo Nunes
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From South El Monte , Venus is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:24 (PDT) – 2 hours and 15 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 23° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:22.

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Name Venus
Object type Inferior planet
Current position
Computed for:30 May 2025
Right ascension:01h27m [2]
Declination:+07°00' [2]
Constellation:Pisces
Magnitude:-4.32 (V) [1]
Angular diameter:24.5 arcsec[2]
Distance:0.68 AU
5.70 lightmin [2]
Angular motion (speed):56.98 arcmin/day[2]
Angular motion (pos ang):71.9°
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 South El Monte

All times shown in South El Monte local time.

Events
31 May 2025  –  Venus at greatest elongation west
01 Jun 2025  –  Venus at dichotomy
11 Jun 2025  –  Venus at aphelion
26 Jul 2025  –  Venus at highest altitude in morning sky
19 Sep 2025  –  Lunar occultation of Venus
02 Oct 2025  –  Venus at perihelion
06 Jan 2026  –  Venus at superior solar conjunction
22 Jan 2026  –  Venus at aphelion
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