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2360 December the 12th and the 13th



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 842.83s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2360/12/13 at 2h 9m 7.83s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 261° 1' 24.205".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 10' 33.35".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 261° 1' 24.205".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.34".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.92".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.22".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 13.9".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.52".


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 12 th at 22h 25m 37.1s + 78° 18.9' +22° 22.6' +157° 48.1' -22° 57.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 12 th at 22h 45m 19.4s + 84° 36.5' +25° 1.7' +162° 45.1' -22° 57.5'
Least angular distance the 13 th at 1h 44m 41.7s +177° 35.7' +63° 39.7' -152° 12.2' -22° 55.3'
Egress, interior contact the 13 th at 4h 44m 1.9s - 45° 19.8' +47° 33.9' -107° 10.0' -22° 53.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 13 th at 5h 3m 44.1s - 37° 60.0' +45° 9.9' -102° 13.1' -22° 52.8'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 38m 7.06s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 58m 42.50s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.79 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -13.04 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -15.63 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.39 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 10' 1.457"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 12 th at 22h 33m 6.8s +159° 41.1' -22° 57.7' + 64° 36.0'
Ingress, interior contact the 12 th at 22h 53m 8.9s +164° 43.0' -22° 57.4' + 61° 28.5'
Least angular distance the 13 th at 1h 44m 40.9s -152° 12.4' -22° 55.3' ---
Egress, interior contact the 13 th at 4h 36m 12.9s -109° 7.8' -22° 53.1' +324° 30.9'
Egress, exterior contact the 13 th at 4h 56m 15.0s -104° 5.9' -22° 52.9' +321° 23.4'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 23m 8.21s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 43m 3.96s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 10' 25.682"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.