Venus
The brightest thing in the night sky after the Moon, wrapped in thick clouds that trap the heat and make it the hottest planet.
Tonight from
Rise, highest point and set are worked out on your device for the place above.
What it is
- Diameter
- 12,104 km
- Distance from the Sun
- 108.2 million km on average
- A year there lasts
- 224.7 Earth days
- A day there, from noon to noon
- 2,802 hours, about 117 Earth days
- Average temperature
- 464 °C
- Known moons
- None
Figures from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NSSDCA fact sheets. All sources