THE PLANETS
Mar 25, 2021
3 minutes
PICK OF THE MONTH
Venus
Best time to see: 30 April, from 20 minutes after sunset
Altitude: 3.5° (very low)
Location: Aries
Direction: West-northwest
Features: Phase, subtle cloud shadings
Recommended equipment: Binoculars
Venus slowly re-emerges into the evening twilight during April, but being on the far side of its orbit from Earth, slow is indeed the word! On 12 April, it sits 3.7° northwest of a less than 1%-lit thin Moon which, at just 7.8° from the Sun, itself may be a tricky spot. Things improve
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