Venus sets at Nautical Twilight on New Year’s Day 2022. It is rapidly moving between the earth and sun, setting about 7 minutes earlier each evening. In only five days it sets at Civil Twilight and then passes inferior conjunction at 6:48 p.m. CST on January 8, 2020. The first morning visibility of Venus starts 3-4 days after the conjunction. It’ll appear about 4° in altitude above the east-southeastern horizon during late morning twilight.
by Jeffrey L. Hunt
Just three evenings into the new year, catch the crescent moon with Venus. They are only 4° up in the west-southwest about 45 minutes after sunset. The moon is 11° to left of the planet.
On January 8, Venus moves between Earth and the sun (inferior conjunction). Less than a week after its conjunction ir appears very low in the east-southeast before sunrise.
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