1644 | 7th May-20th June | Venus gibba, it is observed with a bigger telescope22 |
Venus is halved, and similar to the Moon during the quadrature, but very flamboyant (διχότομος23 seu quadratae Lunae persimilis, sed valde flammiuoma) | ||
more sickle-shape and high-arched on the side, more fallen in length (Magis falcata & arctior in latum, at in longum deductior), similar to the first phase of the Moon until the last phase of the Moon | ||
1649 | 29th June 1649 (near to the apogee of the Eccentric) | Venus is observed for the last time very shine and similar to the last phase of the Moon (Hoc modo... Luculentissime Vesperugo24 ultimò visa est per tubum occasu heliaco vespertino) |
after | Venus has very high pitched horns and very tidy edges, and it seems to have a bright fibers and hair | |
7th July (near to the apogee of the eccentric, and in motion in the direction of the perigee of the Epicycle) | Venus is joined to the Sun | |
(invisible for the clouds during a few days) |
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18th July | Venus appears as a sickle with the acute tips and a weak light while it goes toward the West Matutinam in Oriente apparebat, cornibus nitidissimè acutis ad Occidentem conuertis, falcata, debili ac diminuto lumine, quamuis Lucifer seu Phosphoros |