Venus is at its farthest from the sun on June 1: Here's how to see the bright 'morning star' this weekend

Venus is shown above the horizon in a simulated pre-dawn hours of June 1, with the locations of Neptune and Saturn shown to the upper right. a close up picture of Venus's half-lit disk is shown to the left hand side of the screen.

Venus reaches its point of greatest western elongation on June 1, at which time the dazzling 'morning star' will be at its most distant point from the sun in Earth's sky during its pre-dawn apparition.

The rocky planet will hit the orbital milestone at 00.00 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT) on June 1, while Venus is below the horizon for skywatchers in the U.S, according to stargazing website EarthSky.org. At this time, Venus will be separated from the sun by a gulf of 46 degrees along the line of the ecliptic, which is the apparent path taken by the sun and planets as they journey through the constellations crowding the night sky.