Venus at greatest eastern elongation, 2 June 2031

Venus reaches its greatest eastern elongation on 2 June 2031 around 02:28 UTC: it stands 45.4° from the Sun in the evening sky. This is the best time to observe it, because it is as far from the Sun as it gets after sunset.

Visibility from Hungary (calculated for Budapest): the best moment to observe is 1 June 2031, 22:13 CEST: the target stands 15° high in the west, under a dark sky. The calculation is for Budapest; elsewhere in the country rise and set times differ by only a few minutes.

In the page's interactive 3D model the time machine jumps to this moment (2 June 2031) and the camera takes the view that fits the event: a sky view from the visitor's city or Budapest. You can freely scrub time forwards and backwards.

Planet positions come from our own approximate calculation (about 0.1-1° accuracy, times within a few hours).