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Ephemeris Calculator
Compute Venus ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 1970 and 01 Jan 1970 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.
How bright is Venus?
The current visual magnitude of Venus is -4.46. Given its brightness, Venus should be visible to the naked eye, easily even from highly light polluted areas.
The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Venus, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.