Maximum angular distance between Venus and Sun Computed by SkyMap Pro. See http://www.skymap.com for details. Created by Chris Marriott. Enhanced and magnitudes added by Ben Siemerink. UT angular separation 1950 Apr 11 09:29 46° 20' 47 West 1951 Jun 25 16:07 45° 25' 02 East 1951 Nov 14 08:07 46° 38' 33 West 1953 Jan 31 14:55 46° 54' 35 East 1953 Jun 22 10:38 45° 46' 01 West 1954 Sep 06 06:11 46° 14' 22 East 1955 Jan 25 15:06 46° 56' 36 West 1956 Apr 12 18:44 45° 47' 35 East 1956 Aug 31 18:43 45° 54' 44 West 1957 Nov 18 06:35 47° 14' 14 East 1958 Apr 08 23:02 46° 22' 26 West 1959 Jun 23 07:49 45° 24' 39 East 1959 Nov 12 00:01 46° 37' 09 West 1961 Jan 29 06:52 46° 56' 42 East 1961 Jun 20 02:27 45° 46' 26 West 1962 Sep 03 19:14 46° 11' 51 East 1963 Jan 23 03:33 46° 56' 54 West 1964 Apr 10 09:10 45° 49' 38 East 1964 Aug 29 10:03 45° 53' 42 West 1965 Nov 15 20:12 47° 13' 13 East 1966 Apr 06 13:17 46° 24' 02 West 1967 Jun 21 00:05 45° 24' 17 East 1967 Nov 09 15:16 46° 35' 34 West 1969 Jan 26 22:18 46° 58' 31 East 1969 Jun 17 17:06 45° 46' 57 West 1970 Sep 01 07:37 46° 09' 25 East 1971 Jan 20 16:23 46° 57' 19 West 1972 Apr 08 00:07 45° 51' 37 East 1972 Aug 27 02:15 45° 52' 41 West 1973 Nov 13 10:43 47° 12' 04 East 1974 Apr 04 03:48 46° 25' 46 West 1975 Jun 18 16:07 45° 23' 52 East 1975 Nov 07 05:45 46° 33' 57 West 1977 Jan 24 12:42 47° 00' 17 East 1977 Jun 15 07:22 45° 47' 45 West 1978 Aug 29 19:53 46° 07' 02 East 1979 Jan 18 06:19 46° 57' 34 West 1980 Apr 05 15:44 45° 53' 47 East 1980 Aug 24 19:04 45° 51' 50 West 1981 Nov 11 01:54 47° 10' 52 East 1982 Apr 01 17:49 46° 27' 10 West 1983 Jun 16 07:14 45° 23' 33 East 1983 Nov 04 19:22 46° 32' 29 West 1985 Jan 22 02:29 47° 02' 12 East 1985 Jun 12 21:55 45° 48' 24 West 1986 Aug 27 08:51 46° 04' 43 East 1987 Jan 15 20:58 46° 57' 45 West 1988 Apr 03 08:17 45° 56' 04 East 1988 Aug 22 11:45 45° 50' 44 West 1989 Nov 08 16:49 47° 09' 19 East 1990 Mar 30 06:40 46° 28' 40 West 1991 Jun 13 21:50 45° 23' 25 East 1991 Nov 02 09:07 46° 30' 56 West 1993 Jan 19 16:06 47° 03' 49 East 1993 Jun 10 12:53 45° 49' 19 West 1994 Aug 24 22:51 46° 02' 32 East 1995 Jan 13 11:55 46° 57' 49 West 1996 Apr 01 00:46 45° 58' 03 East 1996 Aug 20 03:27 45° 49' 48 West 1997 Nov 06 06:37 47° 07' 46 East 1998 Mar 27 18:38 46° 30' 18 West 1999 Jun 11 11:54 45° 23' 18 East 1999 Oct 30 23:34 46° 29' 30 West 2001 Jan 17 06:09 47° 05' 36 East 2001 Jun 08 04:40 45° 50' 18 West 2002 Aug 22 13:18 46° 00' 16 East 2003 Jan 11 02:26 46° 57' 41 West 2004 Mar 29 16:39 46° 00' 16 East 2004 Aug 17 18:31 45° 48' 58 West 2005 Nov 03 19:33 47° 06' 10 East 2006 Mar 25 06:44 46° 31' 49 West 2007 Jun 09 02:44 45° 23' 27 East 2007 Oct 28 15:05 46° 27' 59 West 2009 Jan 14 21:23 47° 07' 21 East 2009 Jun 05 20:50 45° 51' 07 West 2010 Aug 20 03:48 45° 57' 59 East 2011 Jan 08 16:01 46° 57' 24 West 2012 Mar 27 07:44 46° 02' 27 East 2012 Aug 15 09:06 45° 48' 10 West 2013 Nov 01 07:58 47° 04' 26 East 2014 Mar 22 19:31 46° 33' 26 West 2015 Jun 06 18:29 45° 23' 40 East 2015 Oct 26 07:10 46° 26' 29 West 2017 Jan 12 13:18 47° 08' 46 East 2017 Jun 03 12:29 45° 51' 59 West 2018 Aug 17 17:30 45° 55' 40 East 2019 Jan 06 04:53 46° 57' 22 West 2020 Mar 24 22:13 46° 04' 39 East 2020 Aug 13 00:13 45° 47' 28 West 2021 Oct 29 20:51 47° 02' 42 East 2022 Mar 20 09:24 46° 35' 11 West 2023 Jun 04 11:00 45° 23' 57 East 2023 Oct 23 23:14 46° 24' 47 West 2025 Jan 10 05:01 47° 10' 07 East 2025 Jun 01 03:28 45° 52' 59 West 2026 Aug 15 06:31 45° 53' 32 East 2027 Jan 03 17:57 46° 57' 01 West 2028 Mar 22 12:26 46° 07' 00 East 2028 Aug 10 16:02 45° 46' 57 West 2029 Oct 27 10:51 47° 01' 08 East 2030 Mar 17 23:54 46° 36' 30 West 2031 Jun 02 03:33 45° 24' 11 East 2031 Oct 21 14:11 46° 23' 07 West 2033 Jan 07 20:04 47° 11' 27 East 2033 May 29 17:31 45° 53' 53 West 2034 Aug 12 18:59 45° 51' 21 East 2035 Jan 01 07:26 46° 56' 45 West 2036 Mar 20 03:23 46° 09' 29 East 2036 Aug 08 08:36 45° 46' 23 West 2037 Oct 25 01:23 46° 59' 07 East 2038 Mar 15 13:49 46° 37' 56 West 2039 May 30 19:32 45° 24' 34 East 2039 Oct 19 04:20 46° 21' 31 West 2041 Jan 05 09:56 47° 12' 23 East 2041 May 27 07:02 45° 55' 01 West 2042 Aug 10 07:50 45° 49' 25 East 2042 Dec 29 22:01 46° 56' 34 West 2044 Mar 17 19:05 46° 11' 51 East 2044 Aug 06 01:25 45° 45' 47 West 2045 Oct 22 15:54 46° 57' 09 East 2046 Mar 13 02:51 46° 39' 23 West 2047 May 28 10:36 45° 25' 00 East 2047 Oct 16 18:06 46° 19' 55 West 2049 Jan 02 23:06 47° 13' 34 East 2049 May 24 21:09 45° 56' 14 West Date (UTC) Elongation The angular separation of Mercury and the Sun at the time of the event. Type During an eastern elongation Venus can be seen after sunset during a western elongation Venus can be seen before sunrise. East: after sunset. West: before sunrise. The magnitude of Venus at the time of the event.