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-183 May the 22nd and the 23rd



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 12337.23s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -183/5/22 at 23h 4m 30.53s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 57° 13' 31.038".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 0' 13.26".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 57° 13' 31.038".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 2.15".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.64".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.33".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 43.3".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.78".


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 22 nd at 18h 55m 11.4s + 8° 20.0' +20° 3.9' +105° 27.6' +19° 49.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 19h 9m 36.6s + 11° 56.9' +20° 1.4' +109° 4.9' +19° 49.4'
Ingress, contact of the axe the 22 nd at 22h 59m 25.1s + 79° 45.9' - 8° 12.3' +166° 47.1' +19° 45.8'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 23h 4m 6.1s +156° 59.1' - 8° 46.7' +167° 57.7' +19° 45.7'
Egress, contact of the axe the 22 nd at 23h 8m 46.3s -124° 38.8' -48° 17.2' +169° 8.0' +19° 45.6'
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 2h 58m 35.3s - 51° 31.2' -21° 5.9' -133° 9.6' +19° 42.1'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 3h 13m 0.5s - 47° 54.3' -21° 3.3' -129° 32.4' +19° 41.9'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 17m 49.15s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 48m 58.66s.
  • Duration of the central transit : 0h 9m 21.23s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.16 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 41.66 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 44.31 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.82 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 0' 0.000"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 19h 0m 37.2s +106° 49.5' +19° 49.5' + 68° 45.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 19h 15m 2.5s +110° 26.7' +19° 49.3' + 68° 48.5'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 23h 4m 5.9s +167° 57.6' +19° 45.7' ---
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 2h 53m 9.4s -134° 31.5' +19° 42.2' +247° 36.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 3h 7m 34.6s -130° 54.2' +19° 41.9' +247° 38.9'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 6m 57.40s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 38m 6.91s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 0' 10.998"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.