Venus reaches its greatest brightness near the Moon (21 to 27 April)

The planet will appear its largest in the morning sky before teaming up with the Moon later in the week. Find out how to see them in the latest episode of Star Diary, the podcast from the makers of Sky at Night Magazine. Transcript   Learn to observe our nearest star, the Sun, in our upcoming online masterclass series   Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and submit your astrophotography images over on our website: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices