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-1269 November the 19th



All the instants are given in Universal Time, for the present date the value of the difference between the Terrestrial Time TT and the Universal Time UT is taken as 33035.02s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -1269/11/19 at 13h 10m 52.76s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 226° 27' 19.338".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 11' 23.04".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 226° 27' 19.338".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 10.08".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.96".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.37".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 17.2".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.67".


General phases

Phases Date and instant
in UTC
Position of the contacts Venus being in the Zenith in
Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 19 th at 10h 30m 6.5s -145° 22.9' -62° 13.3' - 20° 17.6' -17° 16.3'
Ingress, interior contact the 19 th at 10h 51m 5.9s -145° 6.5' -64° 46.5' - 15° 1.4' -17° 15.9'
Least angular distance the 19 th at 13h 37m 8.8s +147° 40.7' -59° 25.9' + 26° 39.8' -17° 12.9'
Egress, interior contact the 19 th at 16h 23m 15.5s +163° 48.0' -18° 14.0' + 68° 22.0' -17° 10.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 19 th at 16h 44m 14.7s +167° 57.1' -14° 59.1' + 73° 38.2' -17° 9.6'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 14m 8.24s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 32m 9.59s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.72 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 10.69 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 13.28 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.31 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 11' 0.178"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 19 th at 10h 38m 2.6s - 18° 18.1' -17° 16.1' +158° 44.2'
Ingress, interior contact the 19 th at 10h 59m 31.0s - 12° 54.6' -17° 15.7' +162° 23.1'
Least angular distance the 19 th at 13h 37m 9.1s + 26° 39.9' -17° 12.9' ---
Egress, interior contact the 19 th at 16h 14m 49.2s + 66° 14.9' -17° 10.1' +249° 30.9'
Egress, exterior contact the 19 th at 16h 36m 17.5s + 71° 38.4' -17° 9.7' +253° 9.8'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 58m 14.95s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 15m 18.27s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 11' 24.536"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.