The brightest planet of the skies has disappeared. Venus, once a sentinel in our western skies for spring and going well into winter, is now too close in proximity to the sun to be seen.
Venus is almost the same size as the Earth and is now between us and the Sun. It is also really close at about 27 million miles away. There is not a planet in the solar system that gets this close to the Earth.
If you could see Venus through a telescope it would be a silhouette, and at times a thin crescent shape. The planet is overtaking the Earth in its fast orbit around the Sun. Venus is faster. In only a few short weeks, the planet will become our Morning Planet.
By mid-June our once favorite bright evening planet will appear low in the southeastern sky before sunrise.
Throughout the coming summer Venus is our morning planet, easy to see amid the light of dawn.
| Day | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Fri., May 29 | 5:11 | 8:06 |
| Sat., May 30 | 5:10 | 8:07 |
| Sun., May 31 | 5:10 | 8:08 |
| Mon., June 1 | 5:09 | 8:09 |
| Tues., June 2 | 5:09 | 8:10 |
| Wed., June 3 | 5:08 | 8:10 |
| Thurs., June 4 | 5:08 | 8:11 |
| Fri., June 5 | 5:08 | 8:12 |
| Day | Max (Fº) | Min (Fº) | Inches |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22 | 67 | 50 | 0.00 |
| May 23 | 72 | 57 | 1.08 |
| May 24 | 65 | 48 | 2.15 |
| May 25 | 59 | 51 | 0.02 |
| May 26 | 61 | 54 | 0.00 |
| May 27 | 72 | 56 | 0.00 |
| May 28 | 72 | 59 | 0.01 |
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