Venus as The Evening Star

UFO reports may soon begin! The current evening apparition of brilliant Venus for observers north of the tropics was difficult for much of the year as the post-sunset celestial geometry made it appear that Venus was making little progress in clearing the horizon. It has now reached its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, but will appear to be popping higher into the sky through early December when it reaches greatest brilliance as the celestial geometry improves. Its illumination is now near dichotomy (like a Half Moon) and for the rest of the year will appear to become slimmer as a crescent but larger in diameter as it comes closer to Earth.



For my preview graphics and more detailed description of this apparition of Venus, visit www.CurtRenz.com/venus



Photos and descriptions of Venus would be welcome additions to this thread.

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