2603 December the 15th and the 16th
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 1836.12s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2603/12/16 at 0h 34m 2.84s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Venus |
263° 1' 59.667". |
| Geocentric latitude of Venus |
+0° 8' 43.68". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
263° 1' 59.667". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.03". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.92". |
| Equatorial parallax of Venus |
33.19". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 13.5". |
| True semi-diameter of Venus |
31.49". |
General phases
| Phases |
Date and instant
in UTC |
Position of the contacts |
Venus being in the Zenith in |
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| Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 15 th at 20h 37m 19.1s |
+ 48° 18.6' |
+16° 31.9' |
+130° 35.7' |
-23° 5.0' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 15 th at 20h 55m 14.6s |
+ 53° 44.5' |
+18° 32.8' |
+135° 5.8' |
-23° 4.8' |
| Least angular distance |
the 16 th at 0h 13m 53.1s |
+156° 36.7' |
+63° 59.1' |
-175° 1.1' |
-23° 2.3' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 16 th at 3h 32m 30.3s |
- 56° 39.4' |
+40° 7.3' |
-125° 8.3' |
-22° 59.9' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 16 th at 3h 50m 25.8s |
- 50° 44.2' |
+38° 13.5' |
-120° 38.2' |
-22° 59.7' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 7h 13m 6.69s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 6h 37m 15.68s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.82 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -17.51 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -20.11 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.42 R
- Least topocentric distance : 8' 12.906"
Geocentric phases
| Geocentric phases |
Date and instant in UTC |
Venus being in the Zenith in |
Position Angle P |
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| Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 15 th at 20h 44m 10.5s |
+132° 19.0' |
-23° 4.9' |
+ 71° 15.1' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 15 th at 21h 2m 16.0s |
+136° 51.7' |
-23° 4.7' |
+ 68° 54.9' |
| Least angular distance |
the 16 th at 0h 13m 51.7s |
-175° 1.4' |
-23° 2.3' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 16 th at 3h 25m 29.3s |
-126° 54.0' |
-23° 0.0' |
+315° 19.2' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 16 th at 3h 43m 34.9s |
-122° 21.3' |
-22° 59.8' |
+312° 59.0' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 6h 59m 24.44s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 23m 13.23s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 8' 37.105"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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