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-2135 May the 21st



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 57015.95s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -2135/5/21 at 14h 45m 12.58s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 41° 7' 44.057".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 9' 26.03".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 41° 7' 44.057".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 22.01".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.64".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.41".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 42.6".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.85".


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 21 st at 10h 55m 14.1s -102° 10.4' - 5° 40.1' - 14° 8.4' +15° 23.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 21 st at 11h 12m 43.8s - 97° 10.6' - 7° 54.6' - 9° 44.9' +15° 23.5'
Least angular distance the 21 st at 14h 25m 13.3s - 23° 21.9' -59° 21.4' + 38° 34.7' +15° 20.2'
Egress, interior contact the 21 st at 17h 37m 39.3s +149° 46.0' -58° 21.6' + 86° 53.4' +15° 16.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 21 st at 17h 55m 9.0s +156° 15.5' -56° 21.5' + 91° 16.9' +15° 16.5'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 59m 54.91s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 6h 24m 55.49s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 41.98 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 17.25 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 19.91 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.63 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 8' 36.467"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 21 st at 11h 1m 46.8s - 12° 29.9' +15° 23.7' + 96° 40.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 21 st at 11h 19m 27.7s - 8° 3.5' +15° 23.4' + 99° 7.5'
Least angular distance the 21 st at 14h 25m 12.0s + 38° 34.3' +15° 20.2' ---
Egress, interior contact the 21 st at 17h 30m 56.3s + 85° 12.2' +15° 16.9' +207° 3.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 21 st at 17h 48m 37.2s + 89° 38.6' +15° 16.6' +209° 30.6'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 46m 50.49s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 11m 28.52s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 8' 58.180"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.