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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:43 
Transit: 13:01 
Sunset: 21:18
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Venus

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:50 | Tran: 9:55 | Set: 17:02
Alt: 4.38°   Az: 285.61°   Direction: West-North-West

Venus is in the constellation of Aries, at a distance of 125,654,641.0 kilometers from Earth. The current Right Ascension is 02h 44m 31s and the Declination is +13° 06’ 38” (apparent coordinates). The magnitude of Venus is -4.24. Check out tonight's visibility information for Venus.

Finder Charts

Map showing Venus in Aries on June, 18 2025. Field of view: 50x30 degrees
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Sky map showing Venus in Aries on June, 18 2025. Field of view: 15x9 degrees. View in interactive sky chart

High precision deep sky finder chart, 60 arcmin wide, showing where Venus is right now. Click on the image to see a more detailed fullscreen tracker view.

Venus
RA: 02h 43m 07s
Dec: +13° 00’ 12”
Deep sky finder chart for Venus. Field of view: 60x40 arcmins. View in deep sky object tracker

Also check out Where is Venus?, a page that provides all the information needed to find Venus in the sky and additional links to sky charts.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 44m 31s
+13° 06’ 38”
06h 38m 24s
09h 22m 55s

J2000

02h 43m 07s
+13° 00’ 12”

Additional Information

Aries
-4.24

Rise and Set Times

Today's rise, transit and set times of Venus from Greenwich, UK (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.1°
Max altitude: 51.5°
Azimuth: 283.1°
  • Venus is above the horizon from Greenwich, UK.
  • Right now it is placed in the West-North-West direction at an altitude of 4.38° above the horizon.
  • Given its current magnitude, Venus is visible to the naked eye, easily even from highly light polluted areas.
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Distance from Earth

The distance of Venus from Earth is currently 125,654,641.0 kilometers, equivalent to 0.8399493951 Astronomical Units. Light takes 6m 59.139s to travel from Venus and arrive to us.

125,654,641.0
0.8399493951
6m 59.139s

The following chart shows the distance of Venus from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

Chart of the distance of Venus from Earth in Astronomical Units (au)

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of Venus from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest Approach

Between 1 January 1600 and 30 December 2499, the closest approach of Venus to Earth happens on Sat Dec 12 1615 at a distance of 0.264008 Astronomical Units, or 39,494,992 kilometers:

Sat Dec 12 1615
39,494,992
0.264008

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

Light Curve

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.

Chart of the magnitude of Venus as a function of time

Physical Data

The following shows the known values of the most important physical parameters of Venus. Source: JPL Small-Body Database

Physical Parameter Value Relative to Earth
Diameter 12103.6 km 0.9499
Mass 4.86732 x 1024 kg 0.8150
Density 5.243 gr/cm3 0.9510
Escape Velocity 10.36 km/s 0.9258
Sideral Rotation -5,832.4320 hours -243.6833
Absolute Magnitude -4.47
Geometric Albedo 0.65

15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Venus computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Apparent celestial coordinates are provided.

Date Right AscensionR.A. DeclinationDec. MagnitudeMag Apparent DiameterDiameter Constellation
2025 Jun 11 02h 13m 40s +10° 43’ 51” -4.31 21.4” Aries
2025 Jun 12 02h 17m 37s +11° 02’ 37” -4.30 21.2” Aries
2025 Jun 13 02h 21m 35s +11° 21’ 25” -4.29 21.0” Aries
2025 Jun 14 02h 25m 35s +11° 40’ 09” -4.28 20.8” Aries
2025 Jun 15 02h 29m 37s +11° 58’ 52” -4.27 20.6” Aries
2025 Jun 16 02h 33m 40s +12° 17’ 32” -4.26 20.4” Aries
2025 Jun 17 02h 37m 44s +12° 36’ 08” -4.26 20.2” Aries
2025 Jun 18 02h 41m 50s +12° 54’ 40” -4.25 20.0” Aries
2025 Jun 19 02h 45m 58s +13° 13’ 06” -4.24 19.8” Aries
2025 Jun 20 02h 50m 07s +13° 31’ 25” -4.23 19.6” Aries
2025 Jun 21 02h 54m 17s +13° 49’ 36” -4.22 19.4” Aries
2025 Jun 22 02h 58m 28s +14° 07’ 40” -4.21 19.3” Aries
2025 Jun 23 03h 02m 42s +14° 25’ 34” -4.20 19.1” Aries
2025 Jun 24 03h 06m 56s +14° 43’ 20” -4.20 18.9” Aries

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