Even though Venus moves between the Earth and sun every 19.5 months, it becomes visible after sunset and before sunrise only around every eight years, according to EarthSky. Typically, Venus ...

Orbital oddball. The only planet named after a female figure, Venus is a celestial oddball. Though its rocks are shades of grey, its atmosphere imparts an eerie orange glow to the landscape.

All month, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars — with them, you can see Uranus and Neptune, too.