Venus is furthest from the sun… today

Experts confirmed astronomy Scope Venus Today, Sunday, December 25, at its furthest point from the sun (apogee) at 02:05 after midnight Mecca time (23:05 GMT), where it will be at a distance of 109,206,446 km, during the orbital period taking 225 days to complete one cycle around the sun.

The astronomers added that Venus’s orbit around the sun is closer to having a circular shape, as the distance from the sun varies by only about 1.5% between the aphelion and perihelion points, making the orbit of the planet more circular than the rest of the planets in our solar system, and the result is that the planet receives almost the same amount of energy from the sun when it is at perihelion (the closest distance from the sun) and at aphelion (the furthest from the sun).

And astronomers have confirmed that Venus is currently being tracked after dark and moving into early night, as it will appear high above the southwestern horizon as a bright star to the naked eye observer, and across the telescope will be illuminated by 61% sunlight and will remain above the horizon for approximately one hour, starting at sunset.

Venus and all planets revolve counterclockwise around the sun, and Venus is an inner planet located between the Earth and the sun, so it has a phase like the moon.

On October 22, 2022, the planet Venus passed the opposite side of the sun (superior conjunction) to leave the dawn sky and enter the evening sky. During the next month, it will reach its greatest easterly elongation from the sun on June 04, 2022. 2023.

The planet Venus will continue to decorate the evening sky for several months to come, until mid-August 2023, when it will pass between the Earth and the Sun (inner conjunction) to leave the evening sky for the dawn sky.