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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:48 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 21:08
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Venus

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:15 | Tran: 9:56 | Set: 16:37
Alt: -10.99°   Az: 299.00°   Direction: West-North-West

Venus is in the constellation of Pisces, at a distance of 107,773,356.0 kilometers from Earth. The current Right Ascension is 01h 45m 36s and the Declination is +08° 27’ 58” (apparent coordinates). The magnitude of Venus is -4.38. Check out tonight's visibility information for Venus.

Finder Charts

Map showing Venus in Pisces on June, 03 2025. Field of view: 50x30 degrees
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Sky map showing Venus in Pisces on June, 03 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: 01h 44m 15s
Dec: +08° 20’ 21”
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

01h 45m 36s
+08° 27’ 58”
07h 59m 03s
09h 44m 39s

J2000

01h 44m 15s
+08° 20’ 21”

Additional Information

Pisces
-4.38

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: 81.7°
Max altitude: 46.9°
Azimuth: 278.5°
  • Venus is below the horizon from Greenwich, UK.
  • 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 107,773,356.0 kilometers, equivalent to 0.7204203876 Astronomical Units. Light takes 5m 59.493s to travel from Venus and arrive to us.

107,773,356.0
0.7204203876
5m 59.493s

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 May 27 01h 17m 28s +06° 11’ 11” -4.47 25.3” Pisces
2025 May 28 01h 21m 02s +06° 28’ 18” -4.46 25.0” Pisces
2025 May 29 01h 24m 37s +06° 45’ 40” -4.44 24.7” Pisces
2025 May 30 01h 28m 14s +07° 03’ 12” -4.43 24.4” Pisces
2025 May 31 01h 31m 52s +07° 20’ 56” -4.42 24.2” Pisces
2025 Jun 01 01h 35m 32s +07° 38’ 50” -4.41 23.9” Pisces
2025 Jun 02 01h 39m 14s +07° 56’ 52” -4.40 23.6” Pisces
2025 Jun 03 01h 42m 57s +08° 15’ 04” -4.39 23.3” Pisces
2025 Jun 04 01h 46m 42s +08° 33’ 23” -4.38 23.1” Pisces
2025 Jun 05 01h 50m 29s +08° 51’ 49” -4.37 22.8” Pisces
2025 Jun 06 01h 54m 17s +09° 10’ 20” -4.36 22.6” Pisces
2025 Jun 07 01h 58m 07s +09° 28’ 56” -4.35 22.3” Pisces
2025 Jun 08 02h 01m 57s +09° 47’ 36” -4.34 22.1” Pisces
2025 Jun 09 02h 05m 50s +10° 06’ 19” -4.33 21.9” Pisces

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