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1032 May the 24th



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 1483.64s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 1032/5/24 at 19h 17m 12.82s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 68° 41' 49.928".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 6' 17.19".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 68° 41' 49.928".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.29".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.65".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.37".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 44.3".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.82".


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 24 th at 15h 12m 49.9s - 38° 51.6' - 4° 10.8' + 49° 2.8' +21° 49.2'
Ingress, interior contact the 24 th at 15h 28m 27.3s - 34° 25.0' - 5° 31.5' + 52° 58.2' +21° 48.9'
Least angular distance the 24 th at 19h 3m 20.9s + 67° 0.5' -62° 18.9' +106° 56.0' +21° 46.0'
Egress, interior contact the 24 th at 22h 38m 12.7s -127° 25.2' -37° 29.6' +160° 53.4' +21° 43.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 24 th at 22h 53m 50.1s -122° 40.9' -36° 13.0' +164° 48.9' +21° 42.8'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 41m 0.28s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 9m 45.32s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.15 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 24.96 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 27.61 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.80 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 5' 51.719"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 24 th at 15h 18m 42.0s + 50° 31.2' +21° 49.1' + 95° 0.0'
Ingress, interior contact the 24 th at 15h 34m 23.3s + 54° 27.6' +21° 48.9' + 96° 30.9'
Least angular distance the 24 th at 19h 3m 20.2s +106° 55.9' +21° 46.0' ---
Egress, interior contact the 24 th at 22h 32m 17.1s +159° 24.2' +21° 43.1' +228° 33.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 24 th at 22h 47m 58.4s +163° 20.5' +21° 42.9' +230° 4.1'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 29m 16.48s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 57m 53.82s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 6' 13.381"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.