Venus reaches its maximum brightness

After a spectacular rapprochement with the Moon on 26 April, the planet will appreciate the “viewers” of the Earth and will reach its peak brightness on April 27.

Venus is hard to miss, as the planet reaches its greatest brightness this year. Currently, she is the second brightness of the object in the night sky, second only to the moon. On Monday night Venus will Eclipse even Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky of the Earth.

After this week, Venus will again begin slowly to fade before will not disappear in the sunlight at the end of may. It again you will notice in the beginning of June.

Planet as “glitters”, when it is illuminated by about 25%. 27 APR disk of Venus will be covered by 27%, so you can see it even without special equipment.