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-1277 November the 21st and the 22nd



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 33225.98s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -1277/11/22 at 0h 48m 2.97s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 228° 55' 34.488".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 12' 58.74".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 228° 55' 34.488".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 8.98".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.95".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.35".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 17.2".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.64".


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 21 st at 21h 29m 49.8s + 61° 51.2' +21° 6.4' +144° 22.6' -17° 35.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 21 st at 21h 53m 21.8s + 69° 16.0' +25° 7.6' +150° 17.1' -17° 35.2'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 0h 18m 54.2s +130° 6.1' +59° 34.2' -173° 10.5' -17° 32.7'
Egress, interior contact the 22 nd at 2h 44m 26.0s - 99° 28.3' +67° 57.5' -136° 38.3' -17° 30.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 3h 7m 58.1s - 85° 19.8' +65° 17.4' -130° 43.8' -17° 29.7'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 38m 8.33s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 51m 4.23s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.76 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -7.59 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -10.19 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.35 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 12' 15.920"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 21 st at 21h 38m 39.6s +146° 35.6' -17° 35.5' + 66° 22.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 21 st at 22h 3m 3.3s +152° 43.1' -17° 35.1' + 61° 45.1'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 0h 18m 53.7s -173° 10.6' -17° 32.7' ---
Egress, interior contact the 22 nd at 2h 34m 45.8s -139° 4.0' -17° 30.3' +348° 41.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 2h 59m 9.5s -132° 56.5' -17° 29.9' +344° 4.4'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 20m 29.92s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 31m 42.50s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 12' 40.255"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.