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181 November the 22nd and 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 7717.92s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 181/11/22 at 23h 42m 44.17s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 240° 37' 38.152".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 1' 56.64".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 240° 37' 38.152".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.92".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.95".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.37".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 16.3".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.67".


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 22 nd at 19h 29m 23.2s + 19° 37.9' -14° 5.3' +114° 35.3' -20° 31.1'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 19h 44m 51.1s + 23° 38.8' -13° 41.4' +118° 28.3' -20° 30.9'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 23h 38m 18.3s +129° 18.7' +60° 54.7' +177° 5.3' -20° 27.1'
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 3h 31m 45.8s - 45° 14.3' +26° 6.8' -124° 17.7' -20° 23.4'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 3h 47m 13.7s - 41° 11.8' +25° 43.2' -120° 24.7' -20° 23.2'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 17m 50.46s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 46m 54.62s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.68 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -34.00 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -36.59 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.27 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 1' 29.908"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 19h 35m 20.9s +116° 5.1' -20° 31.0' +104° 48.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 19h 50m 49.2s +119° 58.2' -20° 30.8' +104° 22.1'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 23h 38m 17.6s +177° 5.1' -20° 27.1' ---
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 3h 25m 47.9s -125° 47.6' -20° 23.5' +298° 4.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 3h 41m 16.1s -121° 54.5' -20° 23.3' +297° 38.0'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 5m 55.19s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 34m 58.73s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 1' 54.272"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.