What direction does Venus generally set when visible as the Evening Star?
Answer
West.
When Venus is observed as the Evening Star, it is visible in the sky shortly after sunset. At this point in its orbital cycle relative to Earth, it is moving away from the Sun's position in our evening sky. Because the apparent path of nearly all celestial objects viewed from Earth is dominated by Earth's rotation, Venus follows the expected pattern: it moves from east to west across the sky and proceeds toward setting in the western horizon shortly after the Sun has disappeared.
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