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1396 November 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 407.01s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 1396/11/23 at 19h 8m 55.77s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 250° 31' 22.572".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 7' 10.22".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 250° 31' 22.572".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.48".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.93".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.30".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 15.0".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.60".


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 23 rd at 15h 37m 9.4s - 51° 52.6' -38° 16.6' + 56° 24.4' -22° 16.0'
Ingress, interior contact the 23 rd at 15h 54m 7.3s - 48° 41.9' -39° 45.6' + 60° 40.0' -22° 15.8'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 19h 25m 26.9s -105° 54.6' -62° 15.8' +113° 43.9' -22° 12.7'
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 22h 56m 48.6s -100° 15.1' - 8° 8.8' +166° 48.4' -22° 9.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 23h 13m 46.5s - 96° 40.2' - 6° 34.2' +171° 4.0' -22° 9.5'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 36m 37.11s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 2m 41.25s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.71 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 21.30 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 23.89 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.31 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 6' 40.022"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 15h 43m 39.7s + 58° 2.4' -22° 15.9' +132° 23.0'
Ingress, interior contact the 23 rd at 16h 0m 43.3s + 62° 19.4' -22° 15.7' +134° 10.5'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 19h 25m 28.5s +113° 44.3' -22° 12.7' ---
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 22h 50m 12.0s +165° 8.8' -22° 9.8' +260° 31.9'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 23h 7m 15.7s +169° 25.9' -22° 9.6' +262° 19.3'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 23m 35.99s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 49m 28.72s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 7' 4.328"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.