Scope Venus Today, Sunday, December 25, 2022, at its furthest point from the sun (apogee) at (23:05 GMT), when it will be at a distance of 109,206,446 km, during the orbital period which takes 225 days to complete one revolution around the sun .
The Jeddah Astronomical Society has revealed, in a report, that Venus’s orbit around the sun is closest to having a circular shape, as the distance from the sun varies only about 1.5% between aphelion points and perihelion, and this makes the planet’s orbit 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 (minimum distance from the sun) and at aphelion (maximum distance from the sun).
The planet Venus is currently observed after sunset and early night passage, as it will appear high above the southwestern horizon as a bright star to the naked eye observer, and through telescope will be illuminated by 61 % from 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.
The planet Venus passed the opposite side of the sun. superior attack) on October 22, 2022, to leave the dawn sky and enter the evening sky, and during the following month it will reach its greatest eastern elongation from the sun on June 4, 2023.
Venus will continue to adorn 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.
