Venus on 26 October 2015 at her greatest western elongation in the constellation Leo close to Jupiter and Mars. Magnitudes: Venus: -4,5 mag, Jupiter: -1,8 mag, Mars: +1,8 mag, Leo: +4,1 mag
In astrology, an aspect is an angle a planet makes to another planet or point of astrological interest. As the second-brightest object in the night sky after the Moon, often prominent during the morning or evening, Venus has aspects that are readily apparent to the casual eye. They were of historical importance in the development of geocentric and ultimately heliocentric models of the Solar System.
Aspects of the planet Venus
The table contains special positions of Venus until 2021. In general, Venus (or Mercury) is an "evening star" when it has an eastern elongation from the Sun, and is a "morning star" when it has a western elongation.[1][2]
Greatest eastern elongation
Greatest brilliancy
Stationary, then retrograde
Inferior conjunction
Stationary, then prograde
Greatest brilliancy
Greatest western elongation
Superior conjunction
March 29, 2004 - 46°
May 3, 2004
May 18, 2004
June 8, 2004
June 29, 2004
July 13, 2004
August 17, 2004 - 45.8°
March 31, 2005
November 3, 2005 - 47.1°
December 12, 2005
December 23, 2005
January 13, 2006
February 3, 2006
February 14, 2006
March 25, 2006 - 46.5°
October 27, 2006
June 9, 2007 - 45.4°
July 14, 2007
July 25, 2007
August 18, 2007
September 7, 2007
September 23, 2007
October 28, 2007 - 46.5°
June 9, 2008
January 14, 2009 - 47.1°
February 20, 2009
March 5, 2009
March 27, 2009
April 15, 2009
April 29, 2009
June 5, 2009 - 45.9°
January 11, 2010
August 20, 2010 - 46°
September 27, 2010
October 7, 2010
October 29, 2010
November 16, 2010
December 2, 2010
January 8, 2011 - 47°
August 16, 2011
March 27, 2012 - 46°
April 30, 2012
May 15, 2012
June 6, 2012
June 27, 2012
July 10, 2012
August 15, 2012 - 45.8°
March 28, 2013
November 1, 2013 - 47.1°
December 10, 2013
December 20, 2013
January 11, 2014
January 31, 2014
February 11, 2014
March 22, 2014 - 46.6°
October 25, 2014
June 6, 2015 - 45.4°
July 12, 2015
July 23, 2015
August 15, 2015
September 5, 2015
September 20, 2015
October 26, 2015 - 46.4°
June 6, 2016
January 12, 2017 - 47.1°
February 18, 2017
March 2, 2017
March 25, 2017
April 12, 2017
April 26, 2017
June 3, 2017 - 45.9°
January 9, 2018
August 17, 2018 - 45.9°
September 25, 2018
October 5, 2018
October 26, 2018
November 24, 2018
November 30, 2018
January 6, 2019 - 47°
August 14, 2019
March 24, 2020 - 46.1°
April 28, 2020
May 13, 2020
June 3, 2020
June 24, 2020
July 8, 2020
August 13, 2020 - 45.8°
March 26, 2021
Note: Greatest brilliancy is often confused with "maximum brightness". Although they are related, they are not quite the same thing. The "greatest brilliancy" is really a geometric maximum: it occurs when the apparent area of the sunlit part of Venus is greatest. Only if the luminance of Venus' apparent surface would be constant (i.e. the same at every point and at every phase) would the "greatest brilliancy" of Venus coincide with its maximum brightness. However, the reflection of sunlight on Venus more closely follows Lambert's law, which means that the maximum brightness occurs at a somewhat larger phase of Venus than its greatest brilliancy.
