Although Venus and Jupiter are currently visible at sunset from most anywhere on Earth, the view is not the same from every vantage point!  The two photos below show a view from New South Wales (on the left) and from California (on the right).  The two photos were taken on the same day, about three hours apart (which is the difference in time zones, adjusted by the difference in summer/winter sunset between the northern and southern hemispheres).

The difference in the apparent relative position of the two planets is not a result of the distance between the two observers on the Earth’s surface, which is negligible compared to the distance between the Earth and Jupiter or Venus.  Rather, the difference in the two views is due to the spherical shape of the Earth and the fact that when one person is ‘‘standing up’’ looking at the horizon in Australia, his head and body are oriented differently than the other person who is ‘‘standing up’’ in America.

If you rotate your head about 90 degrees to the right (as if you were lying on your right ear) and look at the picture on the left, which was taken in Australia, you will see the orientation of the two planets as an observer in America would see them on that day (that is, with Jupiter below and slightly to the right of Venus).  Alternatively, if you rotate your head about 90 degrees to the left (as if you were lying on your left ear) and look at the picture on the right, which was taken in America, you will see the orientation of the two planets as an observer in Australia would see them on that day (with Jupiter to the left and slightly below Venus).