Venus, poetically called the “morning star,” is...

Venus, poetically called the “morning star,” is brilliant in the southeast during morning twilight. Last month it left the evening sky, passed between the Earth and sun and now reappears in the morning sky. It rises at 4:40 a.m., and by 6 a.m.it is already 14 degrees above the horizon. It fades in the brightening sky about 7 a.m. Look for it a short distance south of due east. Venus is 31 million miles from Earth. Through a telescope, it looks like a thin crescent moon (inset) with its lit part facing the sun.

Source: John Mosley, Griffith Observatory