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-2127 May the 19th



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 56764.46s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -2127/5/19 at 7h 12m 20.67s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 38° 59' 18.800".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 10' 9.39".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 38° 59' 18.800".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 20.87".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.64".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.38".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 42.5".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.83".


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 19 th at 4h 21m 3.4s +127° 20.4' +62° 31.7' -112° 38.2' +15° 0.2'
Ingress, interior contact the 19 th at 4h 40m 4.9s +128° 20.2' +64° 53.7' -107° 51.7' +14° 59.9'
Least angular distance the 19 th at 7h 35m 29.4s + 52° 18.7' +59° 16.2' - 63° 49.4' +14° 56.8'
Egress, interior contact the 19 th at 10h 30m 54.2s + 73° 38.0' +14° 1.1' - 19° 47.2' +14° 53.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 19 th at 10h 49m 55.6s + 77° 36.0' +11° 12.0' - 15° 0.6' +14° 53.4'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 28m 52.26s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 50m 49.37s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.02 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -13.35 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -16.00 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.67 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 10' 1.815"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 19 th at 4h 28m 7.0s -110° 51.9' +15° 0.1' + 22° 35.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 19 th at 4h 47m 28.1s -106° 0.4' +14° 59.7' + 19° 30.2'
Least angular distance the 19 th at 7h 35m 30.7s - 63° 49.1' +14° 56.8' ---
Egress, interior contact the 19 th at 10h 23m 29.8s - 21° 38.7' +14° 53.8' +285° 39.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 19 th at 10h 42m 50.9s - 16° 47.2' +14° 53.5' +282° 33.6'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 14m 43.91s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 36m 1.66s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 10' 23.506"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.