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Venus

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Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.727 AU
True anomaly
223.18°
Distance from Earth
0.354 AU
As of
2 October 2026

Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.

Sun Earth — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth Venus — 0.727 AU from the Sun Venus
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Venus is 0.354 AU from Earth today (2.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 26m 34s
Declination
-21° 51′ 06″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
0.35 AU
Elongation from the Sun
31.92° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it's up after dark, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

Know your what3words address? Paste it, e.g. ///filled.count.soap. This is optional — the three words are sent to what3words to convert them, and we don't store the address or the result.

Your location stays in your browser and is sent only for this calculation. Using a what3words address is optional; if you do, the three words go to what3words to be converted and we don't record them. Set a location first, then you can save an email alert for this object. See our privacy policy.

Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
0.723 AU
Eccentricity
0.0068
Inclination
3.39°
Orbital period
224.7 days
Perihelion
0.718 AU
Aphelion
0.728 AU
Longitude of ascending node
76.68°
Argument of periapsis
54.88°
Epoch · J2000
J2000

Physical properties

Mean radius
6,052 km
Equatorial radius
6,052 km
Polar radius
6,052 km
Mass
4.867 × 10²⁴ kg
Density
5.243 g/cm³
Rotation period
-243.03 days
Axial tilt
177.36°
Surface gravity
8.87 m/s²
Escape velocity
10.36 km/s
GM
324,860 km³/s²
Ellipticity
0
J₂ · × 10⁻⁶
4.46
Moment of inertia · I/MR²
0.337
Length of day
116.75 days
Synodic period
583.9 days
Mean orbital speed
35.02 km/s
Black-body temperature
226.6 K
Solar irradiance
2,601.3 W/m²

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.689
Bond albedo
0.77
V(1,0) magnitude
-4.38
Representative colour
#E8B873

Atmosphere

Surface pressure · 92 bars
92 bar
Temperature · 737 K (464 C)
737 K
Density
65 kg/m³
Scale height
15.9 km
Mean molecular weight
43.45
Winds
0.3 to 1.0 m/s (surface)

Composition by volume

  • Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 96.5 %
  • Nitrogen (N2) 3.5 %
  • Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) 150 ppm
  • Argon (Ar) 70 ppm
  • Water (H2O) 20 ppm
  • Carbon Monoxide (CO) 17 ppm
  • Helium (He) 12 ppm
  • Neon (Ne) 7 ppm

Source: NASA Planetary Fact Sheet.

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