Venus 2009

[ricci]

I have opened this topic about various events concerning Venus; annotate the conjunction with Uranus on day 22 January. The maximum approach 1.22° will happen at 21.05 U.T., but they will be near for a few days. A photo will be impressive to see the two planets, the first great and bright, the second minuscule.

[glenc]

Below is the distance from Earth to Venus in AU, its elongation from the Sun in degrees and the % illuminated for the next 20 Fridays at 18 hours AEDT.

Date Distance (AU) Elongation (deg) % illuminated
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16 Jan 2009 18hrs D=0.6750, E=47.1, %=50.4
23 Jan 2009 18 0.6232, 46.9, 46.5
30 Jan 2009 18 0.5716, 46.2, 42.3
6 Feb 2009 18 0.5207, 45.0, 37.7
13 Feb 2009 18 0.4711, 43.0, 32.5
20 Feb 2009 18 0.4238, 40.1, 26.8
27 Feb 2009 18 0.3798, 36.0, 20.6
6 Mar 2009 18 0.3410, 30.3, 14.2
13 Mar 2009 18 0.3098, 23.0, 7.9
20 Mar 2009 18 0.2891, 14.5, 3.1
27 Mar 2009 18 0.2815, 8.3, 1.0
3 Apr 2009 18 0.2883, 12.6, 2.3
10 Apr 2009 18 0.3087, 21.0, 6.6
17 Apr 2009 18 0.3404, 28.5, 12.5
24 Apr 2009 18 0.3806, 34.3, 18.9
1 May 2009 18 0.4266, 38.6, 25.1
8 May 2009 18 0.4768, 41.7, 30.9
15 May 2009 18 0.5297, 43.7, 36.2
22 May 2009 18 0.5844, 44.9, 40.9
29 May 2009 18 0.6401, 45.6, 45.3
5 Jun 2009 18 0.6962, 45.9, 49.3

Refr Guide 8.