What do the stars in the sky represent? What stars are there!

18 this month is the conjunction of Venus and the moon, and it moves about 13 degrees on the celestial sphere every day, so the distance from the moon today will not exceed 20 degrees.

The rebuttal on the second floor seems to make sense. In fact, Jupiter is now in Ophiuchus and the moon is now in Cancer. The difference between them is more than 120 degrees. Of course, it can't be Jupiter. Saturn is now very close to Venus, less than 10 degrees, while Saturn's brightness is about 0, Venus is -4, and Venus is not 20 times brighter than Saturn!

So, this star is Venus. Why doesn't Venus stay at 10? Because Venus is now close to the east-by-east, and the included angle with the sun is 40 degrees, and because the declination of the sun is positive, it sets later than 18, while Venus' declination is larger and it stays on the horizon for a longer time, so it has not set to 10.

However, with the focus of Venus and the sun shrinking rapidly, you may not see Venus at the end of July. In September, if you get up early, you will observe Venus on the eastern horizon.