Saturn’s two-toned moon reaches its greatest western elongation, when it shines brightest far west of the ringed planet.

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly Venus reaches greatest western elongation 46° from the Sun at midnight on May 31. The brilliant planet (magnitude –4.4) rises at 3:30 a.m. local daylight time on ...

Greatest elongation – when Venus will be farthest ... The planet will be shining brightly at magnitude of -4.3. In astronomy, the magnitude of an object refers to how bright it shines in the ...

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