When Is Venus Visible During the Year?
See how Venus visibility changes through the year from your location. The graph shows its seasonal observing windows, while the table gives rise, transit and set times for selected dates.
Venus will remain visible until September 27, when it moves too close to the Sun and temporarily disappears from the night sky.
Best Months to See Venus
Based on the amount of time Venus is above the horizon during dark or twilight hours, the strongest observing months in the next year are December 2026, January 2027, February 2027.
Venus Visibility Throughout the Year
Venus visibility on 2026-09-17
Venus Visible from sunset until late evening
Venus rise and set timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
Moonrise, 24% illuminated  | 10:43 | 24° |
| Venus transit | 13:23 | 35° |
| Sunset | 17:12 | 13° |
| Civil sunset | 17:39 | 8° |
| Twilight start (−12°) | 18:10 | 3° |
| Venus set | 18:25 | |
| Astronomical observing session begins | 18:41 | -3° |
| Moonset | 20:07 | -20° |
| Astronomical observing session ends | 03:23 | -57° |
| Venus rise | 08:19 |
Track Venus position throughout the night
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Venus Rise, Transit and Set Times by Date
| Date | Rise — Set | Transit | Twilight | Coordinates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | 08:18 - 18:24 | 13:21 | 17:09 - 04:49 | RA: 13h 57m 04s", Dec: -17° 39' 42s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-09-23 | 08:08 - 18:01 | 13:05 | 16:59 - 04:55 | RA: 14h 08m 18s", Dec: -19° 34' 04s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-09-30 | 07:51 - 17:34 | 12:43 | 16:48 - 05:01 | RA: 14h 14m 03s", Dec: -20° 51' 03s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-10-07 | 07:24 - 17:04 | 12:14 | 16:37 - 05:07 | RA: 14h 13m 05s", Dec: -21° 18' 17s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-10-14 | 06:47 - 16:31 | 11:39 | 16:27 - 05:13 | RA: 14h 05m 05s", Dec: -20° 42' 07s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-10-21 | 06:00 - 15:56 | 10:58 | 16:18 - 05:20 | RA: 13h 51m 43s", Dec: -18° 56' 32s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-10-28 | 05:08 - 15:23 | 10:16 | 16:09 - 05:26 | RA: 13h 37m 05s", Dec: -16° 18' 15s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-11-04 | 04:20 - 14:54 | 09:37 | 16:02 - 05:34 | RA: 13h 26m 03s", Dec: -13° 28' 40s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-11-11 | 03:41 - 14:30 | 09:05 | 15:55 - 05:41 | RA: 13h 21m 42s", Dec: -11° 09' 52s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-11-18 | 03:12 - 14:10 | 08:41 | 15:50 - 05:48 | RA: 13h 24m 36s", Dec: -9° 43' 45s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-11-25 | 02:52 - 13:53 | 08:23 | 15:46 - 05:55 | RA: 13h 33m 55s", Dec: -9° 12' 45s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-12-02 | 02:40 - 13:39 | 08:10 | 15:44 - 06:02 | RA: 13h 48m 28s", Dec: -9° 29' 15s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-12-09 | 02:34 - 13:28 | 08:01 | 15:44 - 06:08 | RA: 14h 07m 06s", Dec: -10° 21' 57s @ Virgo | |||||
| 2026-12-16 | 02:32 - 13:18 | 07:55 | 15:45 - 06:14 | RA: 14h 28m 56s", Dec: -11° 39' 45s @ Libra | |||||
| 2026-12-23 | 02:34 - 13:10 | 07:52 | 15:48 - 06:18 | RA: 14h 53m 20s", Dec: -13° 12' 57s @ Libra | |||||
| 2026-12-30 | 02:38 - 13:03 | 07:51 | 15:53 - 06:20 | RA: 15h 19m 57s", Dec: -14° 53' 11s @ Libra | |||||
| 2027-01-06 | 02:45 - 12:58 | 07:52 | 15:58 - 06:21 | RA: 15h 48m 28s", Dec: -16° 32' 48s @ Libra | |||||
| 2027-01-13 | 02:53 - 12:56 | 07:54 | 16:05 - 06:20 | RA: 16h 18m 38s", Dec: -18° 05' 01s @ Scorpius | |||||
| 2027-01-20 | 03:01 - 12:55 | 07:58 | 16:12 - 06:18 | RA: 16h 50m 15s", Dec: -19° 24' 00s @ Ophiuchus | |||||
| 2027-01-27 | 03:10 - 12:57 | 08:03 | 16:20 - 06:14 | RA: 17h 23m 08s", Dec: -20° 24' 43s @ Ophiuchus | |||||
| 2027-02-03 | 03:19 - 13:01 | 08:10 | 16:27 - 06:08 | RA: 17h 57m 02s", Dec: -21° 02' 53s @ Sagittarius | |||||
| 2027-02-10 | 03:27 - 13:07 | 08:17 | 16:35 - 06:01 | RA: 18h 31m 38s", Dec: -21° 15' 19s @ Sagittarius | |||||
| 2027-02-17 | 03:33 - 13:15 | 08:24 | 16:42 - 05:54 | RA: 19h 06m 38s", Dec: -21° 00' 05s @ Sagittarius | |||||
| 2027-02-24 | 03:38 - 13:25 | 08:32 | 16:50 - 05:45 | RA: 19h 41m 43s", Dec: -20° 16' 23s @ Sagittarius | |||||
| 2027-03-03 | 03:41 - 13:37 | 08:39 | 16:57 - 05:36 | RA: 20h 16m 38s", Dec: -19° 04' 32s @ Capricornus | |||||
| 2027-03-10 | 03:42 - 13:49 | 08:46 | 17:03 - 05:26 | RA: 20h 51m 08s", Dec: -17° 26' 03s @ Capricornus | |||||
| 2027-03-17 | 03:41 - 14:03 | 08:52 | 17:10 - 05:15 | RA: 21h 25m 03s", Dec: -15° 23' 18s @ Capricornus | |||||
| 2027-03-24 | 03:39 - 14:16 | 08:58 | 17:16 - 05:05 | RA: 21h 58m 20s", Dec: -12° 59' 17s @ Capricornus | |||||
| 2027-03-31 | 03:36 - 14:30 | 09:03 | 17:22 - 04:54 | RA: 22h 30m 59s", Dec: -10° 17' 16s @ Aquarius | |||||
| 2027-04-07 | 03:31 - 14:44 | 09:07 | 17:29 - 04:44 | RA: 23h 03m 06s", Dec: -7° 20' 55s @ Aquarius | |||||
| 2027-04-14 | 03:25 - 14:57 | 09:11 | 17:35 - 04:34 | RA: 23h 34m 46s", Dec: -4° 14' 05s @ Aquarius | |||||
| 2027-04-21 | 03:19 - 15:11 | 09:15 | 17:41 - 04:25 | RA: 00h 06m 09s", Dec: -1° 00' 34s @ Pisces | |||||
| 2027-04-28 | 03:13 - 15:25 | 09:19 | 17:48 - 04:16 | RA: 00h 37m 29s", Dec: 02° 15' 55s @ Cetus | |||||
| 2027-05-05 | 03:07 - 15:39 | 09:23 | 17:54 - 04:08 | RA: 01h 08m 56s", Dec: 05° 31' 32s @ Pisces | |||||
| 2027-05-12 | 03:01 - 15:53 | 09:27 | 18:00 - 04:01 | RA: 01h 40m 43s", Dec: 08° 42' 21s @ Pisces | |||||
| 2027-05-19 | 02:56 - 16:07 | 09:32 | 18:06 - 03:55 | RA: 02h 13m 01s", Dec: 11° 44' 22s @ Aries | |||||
| 2027-05-26 | 02:52 - 16:22 | 09:37 | 18:11 - 03:51 | RA: 02h 46m 01s", Dec: 14° 33' 39s @ Aries | |||||
| 2027-06-02 | 02:50 - 16:36 | 09:43 | 18:16 - 03:47 | RA: 03h 19m 51s", Dec: 17° 06' 10s @ Aries | |||||
| 2027-06-09 | 02:49 - 16:51 | 09:50 | 18:21 - 03:46 | RA: 03h 54m 34s", Dec: 19° 17' 51s @ Taurus | |||||
| 2027-06-16 | 02:51 - 17:06 | 09:58 | 18:24 - 03:46 | RA: 04h 30m 10s", Dec: 21° 04' 50s @ Taurus | |||||
| 2027-06-23 | 02:55 - 17:19 | 10:07 | 18:26 - 03:47 | RA: 05h 06m 34s", Dec: 22° 23' 43s @ Taurus | |||||
| 2027-06-30 | 03:01 - 17:32 | 10:16 | 18:26 - 03:49 | RA: 05h 43m 34s", Dec: 23° 11' 41s @ Taurus | |||||
| 2027-07-07 | 03:10 - 17:42 | 10:26 | 18:25 - 03:53 | RA: 06h 20m 55s", Dec: 23° 26' 46s @ Gemini | |||||
| 2027-07-14 | 03:21 - 17:51 | 10:36 | 18:23 - 03:57 | RA: 06h 58m 18s", Dec: 23° 08' 07s @ Gemini | |||||
| 2027-07-21 | 03:34 - 17:57 | 10:45 | 18:19 - 04:02 | RA: 07h 35m 24s", Dec: 22° 16' 06s @ Gemini | |||||
| 2027-07-28 | 03:48 - 18:01 | 10:54 | 18:14 - 04:07 | RA: 08h 11m 58s", Dec: 20° 52' 06s @ Cancer | |||||
| 2027-08-04 | 04:03 - 18:02 | 11:02 | 18:07 - 04:13 | RA: 08h 47m 48s", Dec: 18° 58' 34s @ Cancer | |||||
| 2027-08-11 | 04:18 - 18:01 | 11:10 | 18:00 - 04:19 | RA: 09h 22m 45s", Dec: 16° 38' 44s @ Cancer | |||||
| 2027-08-18 | 04:34 - 17:59 | 11:16 | 17:51 - 04:25 | RA: 09h 56m 50s", Dec: 13° 56' 19s @ Leo | |||||
| 2027-08-25 | 04:49 - 17:55 | 11:22 | 17:42 - 04:31 | RA: 10h 30m 05s", Dec: 10° 55' 15s @ Leo | |||||
| 2027-09-01 | 05:04 - 17:49 | 11:27 | 17:32 - 04:36 | RA: 11h 02m 40s", Dec: 07° 39' 38s @ Leo | |||||
| 2027-09-08 | 05:19 - 17:43 | 11:31 | 17:22 - 04:42 | RA: 11h 34m 44s", Dec: 04° 13' 39s @ Leo | |||||
| 2027-09-15 | 05:34 - 17:37 | 11:36 | 17:11 - 04:48 | RA: 12h 06m 31s", Dec: 00° 41' 32s @ Virgo | |||||