-2370 May the 18th and 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 64661.54s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on -2370/5/19 at 1h 38m 28.64s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Venus |
36° 43' 19.549". |
| Geocentric latitude of Venus |
+0° 11' 27.49". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
36° 43' 19.549". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 25.61". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.64". |
| Equatorial parallax of Venus |
30.40". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
15' 42.6". |
| True semi-diameter of Venus |
28.85". |
General phases
| Phases |
Date and instant
in UTC |
Position of the contacts |
Venus being in the Zenith in |
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| Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 18 th at 23h 8m 57.2s |
+ 40° 33.3' |
+68° 27.7' |
+169° 19.0' |
+14° 16.9' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 18 th at 23h 30m 14.7s |
+ 38° 26.1' |
+71° 4.7' |
+174° 39.7' |
+14° 16.5' |
| Least angular distance |
the 19 th at 2h 4m 37.3s |
- 32° 7.2' |
+59° 6.0' |
-146° 35.0' |
+14° 13.8' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 19 th at 4h 39m 0.0s |
- 12° 48.9' |
+20° 27.8' |
-107° 49.5' |
+14° 11.0' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 19 th at 5h 0m 17.5s |
- 8° 30.0' |
+16° 53.1' |
-102° 28.8' |
+14° 10.6' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 51m 20.33s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 8m 45.29s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 41.98 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -9.57 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -12.22 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.63 R
- Least topocentric distance : 11' 23.759"
Geocentric phases
| Geocentric phases |
Date and instant in UTC |
Venus being in the Zenith in |
Position Angle P |
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| Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 18 th at 23h 16m 47.5s |
+171° 17.0' |
+14° 16.7' |
+ 15° 24.1' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 18 th at 23h 38m 41.0s |
+176° 46.8' |
+14° 16.4' |
+ 11° 26.2' |
| Least angular distance |
the 19 th at 2h 4m 38.0s |
-146° 34.8' |
+14° 13.8' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 19 th at 4h 30m 32.4s |
-109° 57.0' |
+14° 11.1' |
+292° 35.6' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 19 th at 4h 52m 26.0s |
-104° 27.2' |
+14° 10.8' |
+288° 37.7' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 35m 38.47s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 51m 51.38s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 11' 45.470"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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