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-1512 November the 18th



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 39092.08s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -1512/11/18 at 12h 41m 49.94s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 224° 30' 18.945".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 9' 40.66".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 224° 30' 18.945".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 12.13".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.95".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.35".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 17.2".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.65".


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 18 th at 9h 38m 21.4s -150° 21.4' -57° 17.0' - 33° 23.1' -16° 41.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 18 th at 9h 57m 14.4s -148° 19.1' -59° 28.2' - 28° 38.7' -16° 41.2'
Least angular distance the 18 th at 13h 4m 18.1s +137° 54.7' -59° 14.1' + 18° 19.1' -16° 37.8'
Egress, interior contact the 18 th at 16h 11m 25.5s +157° 59.8' -10° 16.6' + 65° 17.7' -16° 34.4'
Egress, exterior contact the 18 th at 16h 30m 18.3s +161° 56.8' - 7° 45.9' + 70° 2.1' -16° 34.1'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 51m 56.88s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 6h 14m 11.09s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.76 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 14.76 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 17.35 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.35 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 9' 21.120"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 18 th at 9h 45m 32.7s - 31° 34.8' -16° 41.4' +152° 3.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 18 th at 10h 4m 40.8s - 26° 46.6' -16° 41.0' +154° 50.4'
Least angular distance the 18 th at 13h 4m 20.8s + 18° 19.8' -16° 37.8' ---
Egress, interior contact the 18 th at 16h 3m 58.0s + 63° 25.3' -16° 34.6' +258° 12.9'
Egress, exterior contact the 18 th at 16h 23m 6.1s + 68° 13.6' -16° 34.2' +260° 59.5'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 37m 33.32s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 59m 17.16s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 9' 45.456"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.