Observing Venus
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See below for a list of the best times to view Venus;
The information linked was taken from In-The-Sky website by Dominc Ford.
(GMT = Greenwich Mean Time +00:00 / BST = British Summer Time +01:00)
Events for Venus
2021
| Monday 11th January | 20:11 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Sagittarius |
| Wednesday 29th January | 00:35 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Pluto | Sagittarius |
| Friday 26th March | 06:20 GMT | Venus at superior solar conjunction | Pisces |
| Monday 29th March | 03:39 BST | Venus at greatest brightness | Cetus |
| Wednesday 12th May | 23:04 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Taurus |
| Saturday 29th May | 06:20 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Mercury | Taurus |
| Saturday 12th June | 07:43 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Gemini |
| Saturday 3rd July | 12:29 BST | Close approach of Venus and M44 | Cancer |
| Monday 12th July | 10:10 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Leo |
| Tuesday 13th July | 08:06 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Mars | Leo |
| Tuesday 13th July | 14:32 BST | Close approach of Venus and Mars | Leo |
| Wednesday 11th August | 07:59 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Virgo |
| Wednesday 11th August | 11:27 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Virgo |
| Friday 10th September | 03:08 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Virgo |
| Friday 10th September | 06:18 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Virgo |
| Saturday 9th October | 19:35 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Scorpius |
| Saturday 9th October | 21:04 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Scorpius |
| Thursday 28th October | 15:22 BST | Venus at dichotomy | Ophiuchus |
| Friday 29th October | 15:43 BST | Venus at greatest elongation east | Ophiuchus |
| Monday 8th November | 05:20 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Sagittarius |
| Monday 8th November | 05:28 GMT | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Sagittarius |
| Monday 8th November | 05:28 GMT | Lunar occultation of Venus | Sagittarius |
| Tuesday 7th December | 00:48 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Sagittarius |
| Tuesday 7th December | 01:08 GMT | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Sagittarius |
| Tuesday 7th December | 16:07 GMT | Venus at greatest brightness | Sagittarius |
| Monday 13th December | 06:45 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Pluto | Sagittarius |
| Tuesday 14th December | – | Venus reaches highest point in evening sky | Ophiuchus |
| Wednesday 22nd December | 02:48 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Pluto | Sagittarius |
| Wednesday 29th December | 01:02 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Mercury | Sagittarius |
2022
| Saturday 9th January | 00:41 GMT | Venus at inferior solar conjunction | Sagittarius |
| Wednesday 9th February | 13:39 GMT | Venus at greatest brightness | Sagittarius |
| Sunday 13th February | 01:54 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Mars | Sagittarius |
| Sunday 13th February | – | Venus reaches highest point in morning sky | Capricornus |
| Sunday 27th February | 06:30 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Sagittarius |
| Saturday 5th March | 12:13 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Pluto | Sagittarius |
| Saturday 12th March | 13:53 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Mars | Capricornus |
| Wednesday 16th March | 02:47 GMT | Close approach of Venus and Mars | Capricornus |
| Sunday 20th March | 21:21 GMT | Venus at greatest elongation west | Capricornus |
| Monday 21st March | 05:39 GMT | Venus at dichotomy | Capricornus |
| Monday 28th March | 10:50 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Capricornus |
| Monday 28th March | 14:51 BST | Close approach of the Moon, Venus, Saturn and Mars | Capricornus |
| Tuesday 29th March | 01:52 BST | Close approach of Venus and Saturn | Capricornus |
| Tuesday 29th March | 14:09 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Saturn | Capricornus |
| Wednesday 27th April | 02:51 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Aquarius |
| Wednesday 27th April | 06:13 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Aquarius |
| Wednesday 27th April | 20:06 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Neptune | Aquarius |
| Wednesday 27th April | 20:09 BST | Close approach of Venus and Neptune | Aquarius |
| Saturday 30th April | 19:42 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter | Pisces |
| Saturday 30th April | 21:56 BST | Close approach of Venus and Jupiter | Pisces |
| Friday 27th May | 03:52 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Friday 27th May | 04:03 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Friday 27th May | 04:03 BST | Lunar occultation of Venus | Pisces |
| Friday 27th May | 11:20 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Eris | Cetus |
| Saturday 11th June | 14:10 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Uranus | Aries |
| Sunday 26th June | 07:31 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Taurus |
| Sunday 26th June | 09:11 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Taurus |
| Tuesday 26th July | 15:13 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Gemini |
| Wednesday 24th August | 15:46 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Ceres | Cancer |
| Thursday 25th August | 21:59 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Cancer |
| Saturday 22nd October | 21:40 BST | Venus at superior solar conjunction | Virgo |
| Saturday 24th December | 11:29 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Sagittarius |
| Thursday 29th December | 09:07 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Mercury | Sagittarius |
2023
| Sunday 1st January | 15:12 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Pluto | Sagittarius |
| Sunday 22nd January | 19:31 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Saturn | Capricornus |
| Sunday 22nd January | 22:08 GMT | Close approach of Venus and Saturn | Capricornus |
| Monday 23rd January | 08:19 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Capricornus |
| Wednesday 15th February | 12:14 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Neptune | Aquarius |
| Wednesday 22nd February | 07:56 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Wednesday 22nd February | 09:42 GMT | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Thursday 2nd March | 05:02 GMT | Close approach of Venus and Jupiter | Pisces |
| Thursday 2nd March | 10:38 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter | Pisces |
| Friday 24th March | 10:27 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Aries |
| Friday 24th March | 10:32 GMT | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Aries |
| Friday 24th March | 10:32 BST | Lunar occultation of Venus | Aries |
| Friday 31st March | 07:10 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Uranus | Aries |
| Sunday 23rd April | 13:32 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Taurus |
| Sunday 23rd April | 14:03 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Taurus |
| Friday 28th April | – | Venus reaches highest point in evening sky | Cancer |
| Tuesday 23rd May | 13:09 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Gemini |
| Tuesday 23rd May | 13:37 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Gemini |
| Sunday 4th June | 03:50 BST | Venus at dichotomy | Cancer |
| Sunday 4th June | 16:56 BST | Venus at greatest elongation east | Cancer |
| Wednesday 14th June | 01:25 BST | Close approach of Venus and M44 | Cancer |
| Thursday 22nd June | 01:48 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Cancer |
| Thursday 22nd June | 04:13 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Cancer |
| Saturday 1st July | 08:05 BST | Close approach of Venus and Mars | Leo |
| Sunday 9th July | 18:49 BST | Venus at greatest brightness | Leo |
| Thursday 20th July | 09:38 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Leo |
| Wednesday 26th July | 13:37 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Mercury | Leo |
| Sunday 13th August | 12:09 BST | Venus at inferior solar conjunction | Cancer |
| Monday 18th September | 13:08 BST | Venus at greatest brightness | Cancer |
| Tuesday 10th October | 10:45 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Leo |
| Tuesday 10th October | 16:41 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Leo |
| Monday 16th October | – | Venus reaches highest point in morning sky | Leo |
| Sunday 22nd October | 22:30 BST | Venus at dichotomy | Leo |
| Tuesday 24th October | 00:50 BST | Venus at greatest elongation west | Leo |
| Thursday 9th November | 09:30 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Virgo |
| Thursday 9th November | 10:34 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Virgo |
| Thursday 9th November | 10:34 BST | Lunar occultation of Venus | Virgo |
| Thursday 9th December | 13:44 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Virgo |
| Saturday 9th December | 16:54 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Virgo |
2024
| Monday 8th January | 20:12 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Ophiuchus |
| Tuesday 16th January | 19:24 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Ceres | Ophiuchus |
| Wednesday 7th February | 18:52 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Sagittarius |
| Sunday 18th February | 03:34 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Pluto | Capricornus |
| Thursday 22nd February | 09:44 GMT | Close approach of Venus and Mars | Capricornus |
| Thursday 22nd February | 15:29 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Mars | Capricornus |
| Friday 8th March | 17:01 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Capricornus |
| Thursday 21st March | 23:10 GMT | Close approach of Venus and Saturn | Aquarius |
| Friday 22nd March | 01:54 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Saturn | Aquarius |
| Wednesday 3rd April | 11:47 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Neptune | Pisces |
| Sunday 7th April | 17:19 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Sunday 7th April | 17:39 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Tuesday 4th June | 15:57 BST | Venus at superior solar conjunction | Taurus |
| Wednesday 5th June | 03:15 BST | Venus at greatest brightness | Taurus |
| Monday 5th August | 23:04 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Leo |
| Tuesday 6th August | 16:08 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Mercury | Leo |
| Thursday 5th September | 09:59 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Virgo |
| Thursday 5th September | 09:59 BST | Lunar occultation of Venus | Virgo |
| Thursday 5th September | 11:17 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Virgo |
| Saturday 5th October | 19:00 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Libra |
| Saturday 5th October | 21:27 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Libra |
| Monday 4th November | 23:43 GMT | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Ophiuchus |
| Tuesday 5th November | 00:16 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Ophiuchus |
| Wednesday 4th December | 22:41 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Sagittarius |
| Wednesday 4th December | 23:44 GMT | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Sagittarius |
| Sunday 8th December | 02:02 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Pluto | Capricornus |
| Sunday 8th December | 20:49 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Ceres | Capricornus |
2025
| Friday 3rd January | 15:23 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Aquarius |
| Friday 3rd January | 16:32 GMT | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Aquarius |
| Friday 10th January | 08:16 GMT | Venus at greatest elongation east | Aquarius |
| Sunday 12th January | 01:58 GMT | Venus at dichotomy | Aquarius |
| Saturday 18th January | 17:33 GMT | Close approach of Venus and Saturn | Aquarius |
| Monday 20th January | 05:21 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Saturn | Aquarius |
| Saturday 1st February | 20:27 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Saturday 1st February | 22:24 GMT | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Monday 3rd February | 19:58 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Neptune | Pisces |
| Sunday 9th February | – | Venus reaches highest point in evening sky | Aquarius |
| Sunday 16th February | 08:57 GMT | Venus at greatest brightness | Pisces |
| Saturday 1st March | 23:18 GMT | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Wednesday 9th March | 10:44 GMT | Conjunction of Venus and Mercury | Pisces |
| Sunday 23rd March | 01:01 GMT | Venus at inferior solar conjunction | Pegasus |
| Thursday 24th April | 07:00 BST | Venus at greatest brightness | Pisces |
| Friday 25th April | 02:21 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Friday 25th April | 04:19 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Tuesday 29th April | 00:05 BST | Close approach of Venus, Saturn and Neptune | Pisces |
| Tuesday 29th April | 03:37 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Saturn | Pisces |
| Sunday 4th May | 03:57 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Neptune | Pisces |
| Friday 23rd May | 21:38 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Saturday 24th May | 00:51 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Pisces |
| Saturday 31st May | 21:43 BST | Venus at greatest elongation west | Pisces |
| Sunday 1st June | 22:25 BST | Venus at dichotomy | Pisces |
| Thursday 5th June | 06:38 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Eris | Cetus |
| Sunday 22nd June | 09:36 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Aries |
| Friday 4th July | 01:54 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Uranus | Taurus |
| Monday 21st July | 20:27 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Taurus |
| Tuesday 12th August | 07:37 BST | Close approach of Venus and Jupiter | Gemini |
| Tuesday 12th August | 08:38 BST | Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter | Gemini |
| Tuesday 12th August | – | Venus reaches highest point in morning sky | Pisces |
| Wednesday 20th August | 11:52 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Gemini |
| Monday 1st September | 04:38 BST | Close approach of Venus and M44 | Cancer |
| Friday 19th September | 12:47 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Leo |
| Friday 19th September | 13:31 BST | Close approach of the Moon and Venus | Leo |
| Friday 19th September | 13:31 BST | Lunar occultation of Venus | Leo |
| Sunday 19th October | 22:40 BST | Conjunction of the Moon and Venus | Virgo |
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