On the same evening that I captured the Leo Triplet of galaxies (March 17th) I also took a picture of Venus in the evening sky about 45 minutes after sunset. This planet was at superior conjunction on the 6th January 2026 and is now moving eastwards from the Sun and will be gaining altitude each night after sunset. It will reach its greatest elongation east on August 14th 2026. Between now and August its phase will go from gibbous to half and it will be increasing in apparent diameter as it approaches the earth. Hopefully I should be able to carry out some further observations of this planet in the evening sky as I did last year.
This picture was taken on a Sony RX100 (1/10s ISO 1600) at 18:54 UT.
All text and images © Duncan Hale-Sutton 2026
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