Now it is swinging away from that line, speeding ahead of the Earth in its faster orbit. In fact, Venus has erupted into view in the eastern morning sky during the past couple of weeks.

Venus reaches its greatest western elongation (46°) from the Sun at midnight EDT. Earth's sister planet is now visible in the ...

That radiant object is the planet Venus. In terms of morning visibility, it's now, in a literal and figurative sense "rising to the occasion." After putting on a great show in our evening sky ...

Jupiter joins Mercury in early twilight as Mars lingers with Leo after dark. Saturn is visible in the morning, meeting ...

It’s hard to miss the planet Venus. Unless the moon is up, this second planet from the sun can be the brightest object in the night sky. Right now, Venus is high in the west as darkness falls.

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How and when to see Venus as a beautiful ‘Morning Star’ this weekend as it reaches its highest in the sky in 2025.

Here’s how it works. You may have noticed in recent weeks that the planet Venus has slipped from the post-sunset sky, slimming into a crescent shape as it drops from view. Its reign as the ...

Look for it now by scanning with binoculars shortly after sundown very low in the western sky. Venus will stand about 9 degrees high in the western sky at sundown (your clinched fist held at arm's ...

If you haven’t seen the planet before, right now is the best time to take a gander. It’s not hard to spot: go out when the sky is getting dark and look west and then up. Venus is incredibly ...

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Now gleaming at magnitude minus 4.0, Venus in the coming weeks and months will ascend dramatically higher in the western sky and by New Year's Day it will be setting more nearly 4 hours after the sun.