Where is Venus right now? Exact location and how to find it

AS EARTH’S neighbour it should be no surprise that Venus is regularly visible in broad daylight.

It’s also the brightest object in the night sky after our own Moon, which helps if you’re looking out for it.

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It’s also the second nearest to the Sun.

Thankfully, for much of the year it’s quite easy to spot Venus.

Most of the time the planet is clearly visible from Earth in the early hours.

It can usually be spotted in the west just after dusk or rising in the east sometime before dawn.

And the good news is it can be seen for much of the year, too.

Venus gets within 38million miles of Earth at its nearest point, though most of the time they’re much further apart than that.

From about 5.30am in London, it should be somewhere towards the South East.

Between February and June you can expect good visibility.

But as it gradually moves behind the Sun you can expect it to become harder from then.

According to timeanddate.com, July and August the planet has “fairly good” visibility.

By September it slips to being “slightly difficult to see” for the rest of 2022.

At the moment, Venus is in the Sagittarius constellation, which itself is located in the Southern celestial hemisphere.

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Experts have warned that future space launches could be jeopardised if “stupid” regimes like Russia don’t stop blasting the skies creating debris.

And the most popular phone since the millennium has been unveiled, with many shocked to find out it’s not an iPhone.

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