Venus in 2026

Derby and District Astronomical Society

Venus in 2026

Chris Callaway captured this image of the conjunction of Venus and the Moon on the evening of the 17th June 2026. It is comprised of 55 subs of the Moon and 1 of Venus taken through a 106 mm Takahashi refractor using an Altair 26M camera. The exposures were .001 seconds at 100 gain. Zooming in the gibbous phase of Venus can be seen. Image Credit: Chris Callaway.

This picture of the conjunction of Venus and the Moon on the evening of the 17th June 2026 was taken by Tony Razzell using an iPhone 13. Image Credit: Tony Razzell.

Tony Razzell also captured this picture of the conjunction of Venus and the Moon on the evening of the 17th June 2026 through 7 x 40 binoculars. Image Credit: Tony Razzell.

Jim Sarsgard took this picture of the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus on the 9th June 2026. Image Credit: Jim Sarsgard.

Malcolm Neal took this picture of the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus on the 9th June 2026. Image Credit: Malcolm Neal.

This picture by Chris Callaway shows the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus on the evening of the 9th June 2026. Image Credit: Chris Callaway.

Tony Razzell took this picture of the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus on the 9th June 2026 using an iPhone 13. Image Credit: Tony Razzell.

This picture by Mike Lancaster shows the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus on the evening of the 9th June 2026. It was taken through an upstairs window using a Google Pixel 8 Pro. Image Credit: Mike Lancaster.

Tony Razzell took this picture of Jupiter and Venus at sunset on the evening of the 8th June 2026 using an iPhone 13. Image Credit: Tony Razzell.

This picture shows Jupiter and Venus over Chios harbour in Greece, and was taken by Donald Anderson on the evening of the 8th June 2026. Image Credit: Donald Anderson.

Mike Lancaster took this picture of Jupiter and Venus at sunset on the evening of the 2nd June 2026 using a Google Pixel 8 Pro smartphone through an upstairs window. Image Credit: Mike Lancaster.

This picture of Venus and a thin crescent moon was taken by Tony Razzell on the evening of the 18th April 2026 using a smart phone camera. The dark portion of the moon is lit up by earthshine. Image Credit: Tony Razzell.

Jim Sarsgard took this picture of Venus and a thin crescent moon on the evening of the 18th April 2026 using a Canon 1000D camera with a 50 mm lens at f/3.5. The exposure was 1/15 second at ISO 800. The dark portion of the moon is lit up by earthshine. Image Credit: Jim Sarsgard.

Gary Lambert took this picture of Venus and a thin crescent moon setting over the mountains from Benalmádena in Spain on the evening of the 18th April 2026 using a smart phone camera. The moon's crescent is just setting on the ridgeline, and the dark portion of the moon is lit up by earthshine. Notice that the angle between a line drawn between the moon and Venus and the horizontal (the angle of the ecliptic) is noticeably steeper in Gary's photo from Spain, than those shown above, taken by Tony and Jim from the UK. Image Credit: Gary Lambert.

Mike Lancaster took this picture of Venus setting low in the western sky on the evening of the 28th February 2026 at 18:23 UT. It was taken using a Google Pixel 8 Pro phone through an upstairs window. Image Credit: Mike Lancaster.

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