ocr: (enus : SIZE: 7600 milesin giameter DISTANCE from Sun: 67 million miles MOONS: None The SECOND Planet VICKNAME: THE MORNING STAR AND Venus is sO close to the Sun degrees that it F has (500 a dautime degrees C) temperature of about 858 Carbon Dioxide clouds increase the Greenhouse Effect' which holds in the Sun's heat. Venus appears to have phases like our Moon.