... A Rare Annular Venusian Solar Eclipse . ... Like a solar eclipse by the Moon, the phase of Venus became a continually thinner crescent as Venus became increasingly better aligned with the Sun. ... From above the thick cloud tops of Venus , the Earth appeared in its fullest phase, brighter in the Venusian sky than even Mars appeared from Earth last August. ... Publications with keywords: Venus - transit - annular solar eclipse . Publications with words: Venus - transit - annular solar eclipse . ...