Venus–Mars conjunction, 12 May 2034

Venus and Mars come closest together in the sky on 12 May 2034 around 07:40 UTC, at an apparent separation of 0.4° (about 0.8 Moon diameters). They stand at least 31° from the Sun, so they are not lost in its glare.

Visibility from Hungary (calculated for Budapest): the best moment to observe is 12 May 2034, 21:40 CEST: the target stands 10° high in the north-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 (12 May 2034) 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).