Venus’s 225-day orbit around the Sun will carry it to its closest point to
the Sun – its perihelion – at a distance of
0.72 AU from the Sun.

In practice, however, Venus’s orbit is very close to circular; its
distance from the Sun varies by only about 1.5% between perihelion and
aphelion. This makes Venus’s orbit more perfectly circular than that of any of
the Solar System’s other planets. As a result, its surface receives almost
exactly the same amount of energy from the Sun at perihelion (closest approach
to the Sun) and aphelion (furthest recess from the Sun).

The position of Venus at the moment it passes perihelion will be:

The coordinates above are given in J2000.0.

From Los Angeles, Venus will be visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:04 (PST) – 3 hours and 31 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 35° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:18.