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-1892 May the 21st



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 49622.55s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -1892/5/21 at 20h 9m 11.42s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 43° 23' 41.670".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 10' 41.22".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 43° 23' 41.670".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 17.01".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.64".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.39".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 42.6".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.84".


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 16h 30m 42.6s - 16° 25.3' -11° 41.4' + 69° 45.2' +16° 3.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 21 st at 16h 49m 35.5s - 10° 51.7' -14° 27.1' + 74° 29.6' +16° 3.4'
Least angular distance the 21 st at 19h 46m 15.8s + 58° 37.0' -59° 32.7' +118° 50.9' +16° 0.4'
Egress, interior contact the 21 st at 22h 42m 52.7s -141° 16.3' -62° 35.9' +163° 11.4' +15° 57.4'
Egress, exterior contact the 21 st at 23h 1m 45.8s -133° 3.4' -60° 17.0' +167° 55.9' +15° 57.0'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 31m 3.19s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 53m 17.18s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.01 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 13.62 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 16.27 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.66 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 9' 55.805"

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 16h 37m 44.3s + 71° 31.0' +16° 3.6' +103° 7.9'
Ingress, interior contact the 21 st at 16h 56m 56.2s + 76° 20.2' +16° 3.3' +106° 11.0'
Least angular distance the 21 st at 19h 46m 14.0s +118° 50.5' +16° 0.4' ---
Egress, interior contact the 21 st at 22h 35m 33.1s +161° 21.0' +15° 57.5' +201° 15.4'
Egress, exterior contact the 21 st at 22h 54m 45.0s +166° 10.2' +15° 57.2' +204° 18.5'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 17m 0.64s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 38m 36.87s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 10' 17.502"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.