Who Moved Venus?

I have never noticed this kind of thing before. Last week, in Gulu Uganda I noticed Venus in the sky. I also noticed that there was another fairly bright star/planet near Venus. Just now I looked out of the window here in Halifax, Northern England and spotted Venus ... and that sister star/planet looked much further away from Venus than it did in Gulu as well as being in different places in the sky. I understand all of the above ... relative positions etc and am just saying it is the first time I have ever noticed anything like this. So I am not saying this is awesome or amazing!!! DW