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-2484 November the 17th



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 68528.50s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -2484/11/17 at 9h 32m 5.52s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 216° 46' 27.037".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 2' 25.33".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 216° 46' 27.037".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 28.45".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.96".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.27".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 17.3".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.57".


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 17 th at 5h 32m 47.7s +163° 57.7' -37° 2.6' - 95° 33.0' -14° 11.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 17 th at 5h 48m 15.7s +167° 34.7' -37° 38.3' - 91° 40.1' -14° 11.3'
Least angular distance the 17 th at 9h 38m 37.2s + 80° 18.8' -58° 33.9' - 33° 50.4' -14° 7.0'
Egress, interior contact the 17 th at 13h 29m 0.6s +108° 58.7' +17° 50.4' + 23° 59.8' -14° 2.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 17 th at 13h 44m 28.6s +112° 40.0' +18° 26.8' + 27° 52.8' -14° 2.4'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 11m 40.87s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 40m 44.93s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.89 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 31.83 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 34.43 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.49 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 2' 27.401"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 17 th at 5h 38m 44.4s - 94° 3.5' -14° 11.5' +128° 25.4'
Ingress, interior contact the 17 th at 5h 54m 13.1s - 90° 10.4' -14° 11.2' +129° 4.9'
Least angular distance the 17 th at 9h 38m 38.0s - 33° 50.2' -14° 7.0' ---
Egress, interior contact the 17 th at 13h 23m 2.8s + 22° 30.0' -14° 2.8' +288° 2.9'
Egress, exterior contact the 17 th at 13h 38m 31.5s + 26° 23.2' -14° 2.5' +288° 42.3'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 59m 47.09s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 28m 49.74s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 2' 51.660"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.