Where is Venus tonight?
Venus is in the morning sky, in the constellation Virgo. Look for it before sunrise, or late at night once it has risen.
- Brightness
- dazzlingmagnitude -4.6
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 46 million kmits light left 3 minutes ago
- Greatest morning elongation
- 3 January 202747° from the Sun
How to recognise Venus
The evening star and the morning star. Venus is the brightest thing in the night sky after the Moon, bright enough to cast faint shadows. You can't miss it. Venus is a piercing white light in the west after sunset or the east before sunrise, and never visible in the middle of the night. If you're wondering whether that's Venus, it's Venus.
Through a small telescope Venus shows phases like the Moon, shrinking to a thin crescent as it swings between us and the Sun. Greatest elongation is when Venus appears farthest from the Sun, which is the best time to look for it.