Here's everything you need to know about Venus in 2025. Venus as the "evening star" and "morning star" As seen from Earth, Venus doesn't cross the night sky as the slower-moving planets appear to do.

In fact, from Earth, Venus appears to have an eight-year cycle in which it orbits the sun 13 times and waxes and wanes between being a “Morning Star” and “Evening Star” every 19 months ...