Venus Will Soon Unleash Its Brilliant (Evening) Star Power in the Sky

Currently, the planet Venus is visible very low in the western evening sky right after sundown. Venus passed superior conjunction, when it appears to go directly behind the sun as seen from Earth, back on June 6. And now, as we make the transition from July into August, Venus has finally begun climbing up out of the sunset glow in earnest and is about to reclaim its role as the brilliant "evening star," a title it has not held since one year ago.