Sidney P. answered 07/26/20
Minored in physics in college, 2 years of recent teaching experience
The apparent size of Venus changes by a large amount as it orbits the Sun, sometimes relatively close to Earth and sometimes much farther away from us than the Sun is. Because it has a fixed physical size, the angular diameter or apparent size decreases with increasing distance from the observer.
Wen Y.
Thank you.07/27/20