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424 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 5289.44s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 424/11/22 at 23h 4m 38.50s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 242° 35' 51.128".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 0' 11.10".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 242° 35' 51.128".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 1.37".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.95".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.37".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 16.1".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.66".


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 18h 54m 8.5s + 8° 45.1' -18° 47.4' +105° 46.7' -20° 55.2'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 19h 9m 29.3s + 12° 35.7' -18° 45.1' +109° 37.9' -20° 55.0'
Ingress, contact of the axe the 22 nd at 22h 58m 49.7s + 78° 11.6' + 2° 32.2' +167° 13.0' -20° 51.4'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 23h 4m 16.2s +160° 40.3' + 0° 59.6' +168° 35.0' -20° 51.3'
Egress, contact of the axe the 22 nd at 23h 9m 42.1s -118° 56.7' +40° 20.6' +169° 56.8' -20° 51.2'
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 2h 59m 3.5s - 50° 39.7' +19° 36.6' -132° 27.8' -20° 47.6'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 3h 14m 24.3s - 46° 49.0' +19° 34.2' -128° 36.6' -20° 47.4'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 20m 15.83s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 49m 34.16s.
  • Duration of the central transit : 0h 10m 52.43s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.67 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -38.27 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -40.87 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.26 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 0' 0.000"

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 0m 3.5s +107° 15.8' -20° 55.2' +110° 1.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 19h 15m 24.4s +111° 7.0' -20° 54.9' +109° 59.2'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 23h 4m 15.5s +168° 34.8' -20° 51.3' ---
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 2h 53m 8.4s -133° 57.0' -20° 47.7' +290° 57.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 3h 8m 29.3s -130° 5.8' -20° 47.5' +290° 55.2'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 8m 25.77s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 37m 44.09s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 0' 9.613"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.