About 45 minutes after sunset on Monday, look toward the southwest horizon to see Venus hovering near to the moon; an eye-catching tableau in spite of the pair's low altitude.

On Jan. 10, Venus will arrive at its greatest eastern elongation — its greatest angular distance east of the sun. Just a few days later it will be setting almost four full hours after the sun.

Venus is currently 107 million miles (172 million km) from Earth, while the moon is only about 244,900 miles (394,200 km) away. As a result, the moon appears to move much more rapidly against the ...

Venus will shine brightly with a magnitude of -4.5, while Saturn will have an apparent magnitude of 1.0 (lower and/or negative numbers indicate brighter objects in the sky).

For those in the northern hemisphere, the event will be best viewed about 45 minutes after sunset on Sunday, November 24, 2019 when Venus and Jupiter will appear super-close to each other just ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After sunset this evening, the brightest planet of them all, Venus, and the red planet, Mars, will shine brightly in the western sky. Just look west after sunset, which is ...

Venus, writes EarthSky, is tethered along by the sun. You can find Venus in the east before sunrise, or west just after sunset. It never appears overhead at midnight.

About 45 minutes after sunset, Venus will creep toward a crescent moon hanging in the northwestern region of the sky, where it will also join Spica - one of the brightest stars in the sky.

BY TIM CHITWOOD - tchitwood@ledger-enquirer.com Updated April 03, 2010 4:07 PM ...

The two innermost planets, Venus and Mercury, will shine together low in the western sky at sunset on March 10. Here's how to get the best view before they disappear.

Tonight look at the western horizon shortly after sunset (6:39 p.m.) to see the nearest planets to the sun, Mercury and Venus.