Venus at greatest elongation east

Venus will reach its furthest point east of the Sun in the evening sky, so that it will set more than two hours behind the Sun, appearing prominent at mag -5.1 on the western horizon for a couple of hours shortly after sunset. At the moment of greatest elongation, Venus will lie in the constellation Ophiuchus, at a distance of 47°04′ from the Sun. Its declination will be -26°59’58” , and so it will be seen to best advantage in the southern hemisphere; in fact, it will be unobservable from latitudes north of 43°N.