| Venus passed inferior conjunction on August 13, so on this morning she is 18 days past that point. Still gaining in brightness, Venus is magnitude -4.42 and has an equatorial diameter of 49.6", with a phase of 11.45%. Amazingly, her retrograde phase is almost over; Venus will reach its stationary point on either September 3 or 4, depending on whether you use ecliptic or equatorial coordinates. Venus is about 7°18'52" from the ecliptic on this morning. |