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Venus in 1951: brightness, position and events

Brightest-4.8around Oct 1

Closest (in table)0.287 au43 million km

Farthest1.663 au

Events this year3

Events this year

Date (JST)	Event	Mag	Dist (au)	Constellation	Elong.
1951-06-26 02:07	Greatest eastern elongation (evening)	-4.4	0.705	Leo	45.4°
1951-09-04 01:07	Inferior conjunction	-4.2	0.285	Sextans	8.6°
1951-11-14 17:06	Greatest western elongation (morning)	-4.5	0.687	Virgo	46.6°

Magnitude through the year (lower = brighter)

Twice-monthly position and visibility

Date	Mag	Dist (au)	Constellation	Elong.	Visibility
Jan 1	-3.9	1.663	Sagittarius	12° E	Too close to the Sun
Jan 15	-3.9	1.632	Capricornus	15° E	Evening sky
Feb 1	-3.9	1.584	Aquarius	19° E	Evening sky
Feb 15	-3.9	1.536	Aquarius	22° E	Evening sky
Mar 1	-3.9	1.480	Pisces	25° E	Evening sky
Mar 15	-3.9	1.415	Pisces	29° E	Evening sky
Apr 1	-4.0	1.325	Aries	32° E	Evening sky
Apr 15	-4.0	1.241	Taurus	35° E	Evening sky
May 1	-4.0	1.134	Taurus	39° E	Evening sky
May 15	-4.1	1.033	Gemini	41° E	Evening sky
Jun 1	-4.2	0.903	Gemini	44° E	Evening sky
Jun 15	-4.3	0.790	Cancer	45° E	Evening sky
Jul 1	-4.5	0.660	Leo	45° E	Evening sky
Jul 15	-4.6	0.549	Leo	44° E	Evening sky
Aug 1	-4.7	0.423	Leo	38° E	Evening sky
Aug 15	-4.6	0.339	Leo	27° E	Evening sky
Sep 1	-4.1	0.287	Sextans	9° E	Too close to the Sun
Sep 15	-4.4	0.302	Sextans	19° W	Morning sky
Oct 1	-4.8	0.375	Sextans	35° W	Morning sky
Oct 15	-4.8	0.465	Sextans	42° W	Morning sky
Nov 1	-4.6	0.588	Leo	46° W	Morning sky
Nov 15	-4.5	0.693	Virgo	47° W	Morning sky
Dec 1	-4.4	0.813	Virgo	46° W	Morning sky
Dec 15	-4.2	0.915	Libra	44° W	Morning sky

Computed with the JPL DE421 ephemeris and Skyfield (times in JST). Magnitude and distance are for 12:00 JST on each date. Visibility is a rough guide for mid-northern latitudes such as Japan.

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Venus is brightest around October 1951 (magnitude -4.8); 3 conjunctions, oppositions or elongations occur this year.