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1631 December the 7th



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 82.81s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 1631/12/7 at 5h 55m 58.56s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 254° 59' 33.763".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 15' 51.69".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 254° 59' 33.763".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.39".
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 31.59".


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 7 th at 3h 36m 19.6s +171° 3.0' +45° 9.9' -124° 7.0' -22° 24.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 7 th at 4h 22m 59.7s -167° 41.8' +53° 31.7' -112° 23.9' -22° 24.0'
Least angular distance the 7 th at 5h 19m 27.1s -133° 42.2' +62° 44.6' - 98° 13.2' -22° 23.3'
Egress, interior contact the 7 th at 6h 15m 51.9s - 88° 12.3' +67° 12.2' - 84° 3.2' -22° 22.5'
Egress, exterior contact the 7 th at 7h 2m 32.1s - 50° 37.8' +65° 41.9' - 72° 20.1' -22° 21.9'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 3h 26m 12.55s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 1h 52m 52.19s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.72 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -0.17 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -2.76 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.31 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 15' 15.030"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 7 th at 3h 51m 37.6s -120° 16.5' -22° 24.5' + 36° 38.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 7 th at 4h 58m 17.7s -103° 32.0' -22° 23.6' + 20° 51.0'
Least angular distance the 7 th at 5h 19m 28.9s - 98° 12.8' -22° 23.3' ---
Egress, interior contact the 7 th at 5h 40m 34.9s - 92° 54.9' -22° 23.0' + 10° 14.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 7 th at 6h 47m 15.0s - 76° 10.4' -22° 22.1' +354° 26.7'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 2h 55m 37.34s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 0h 42m 17.17s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 15' 39.328"

Map

Map of visibility of the transit - Mercator projection.


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.