Celestial calendar

VENUS

Visibility of Venus in 1999:

       Venus is the brilliant object in the evening sky from the beginning of the year until mid-August when it becomes too close to the Sun for observation. During the last week of August it reappears in the morning sky where it stays until the end of the year. Venus is in conjunction with Jupiter on February 23, 21.2h (visible distance is 0o 09'N).

Date Apparent Right Ascension Apparent Declination Magnitude Date Apparent Right Ascension Apparent Declination Magnitude
Jan.1 19h 50.4m -22o 21' -3.8m Jun.18 8h 58.2m 19o 08' -4.4m
Jan.17 21h 13.4m -17o 42' -3.8m Jul.4 9h 48.0m 13o 42' -4.5m
Feb.2 22h 31.0m -10o 57' -3.8m Jul.20 10h 17.8m 08o 20' -4.6m
Feb.18 23h 44.3m -02o 58' -3.8m Sep.6 9h 17.3m 07o 49' -4.3m
Mar.6 0h 55.7m 05o 21' -3.8m Sep.22 9h 26.9m 09o 40' -4.7m
Mar.22 2h 07.9m 13o 11' -3.9m Oct.8 10h 05.6m 09o 01' -4.6m
Apr.7 3h 23.1m 19o 43' -3.9m Oct.24 10h 59.7m 05o 57' -4.5m
Apr.23 4h 41.6m 24o 09' -4.0m Nov.9 12h 01.3m 01o 00' -4.4m
May1 5h 21.7m 25o 24' -4.0m Nov.25 13h 07.3m -05o 02' -4.2m
May17 6h 40.7m 25o 46' -4.1m Dec.11 14h 17.5m -11o 18' -4.1m
Jun.2 7h 54.4m 23o 28' -4.3m Dec.27 15h 32.6m -16o 52' -4.0m

Home Note: All the times in this page are expressed in universal time (UT).
For Kyiv Local_Time=UT+2h (and Local_Time=UT+3h for summer time).