October 28th Wasn't Chosen By Accident
Know your enemy. Connect the dots (planets), watch the stars (players), timing is everything (11 year solar cycle/dates)
>By the time Venus passes1°.7South of Theta Ophiuchi (Greek lower-case letter 'theta' Oph, mag. +3.2), the brightest star in the Southernmost region of Ophiuchus, on October 28th, its apparent motion has slowed to about 1° per day. Venus reaches its greatest elongation from the Sun for this apparition (47°.04 East) at 21 hours UT on October 29th in Southern Ophiuchus, positioned 2°.6 South-east of Theta Ophiuchi. Telescopes now show Venus' disk half-illuminated (phase = 0.50 or 50%), which is often referred to as the moment of dichotomy. The planet has an apparent diameter of 25" and shines at magnitude -4.3. Although the greatest elongation from the Sun occurs on October 29th, Venus is in fact positioned at precisely 47°.0 elongation for an11-day period from October 25th through to November 4th.When seen from a point far above the Solar System, the Earth, Venus and the Sun now form a right-angled triangle in space, with Venus positioned at the 90° angle.