Thread: Phase of Venus

Venus will reach inferior conjuction on march 27, this year however
the minimal elongation from Sun is 8.2°, that is to say, we will be
able to observe it every day. with no interruption. This is possible
because the orbits of Venus and Earth are slanted with respect to each
others, so that, when Venus is between Earth and Sun, ordinarily it
passes above or below, depending on whether it is north or south of
the terrestrial orbital plane.
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