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-2864 May the 19th and the 20th



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 82321.06s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -2864/5/19 at 21h 51m 38.14s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 34° 21' 28.882".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 5' 37.27".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 34° 21' 28.882".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 37.94".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.64".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.48".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 42.8".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.92".


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 17h 42m 7.6s - 4° 50.0' +11° 4.4' + 87° 24.4' +13° 15.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 19 th at 17h 57m 24.6s - 0° 45.3' + 9° 59.0' + 91° 14.6' +13° 15.6'
Least angular distance the 19 th at 21h 40m 39.1s + 80° 21.2' -58° 51.0' +147° 17.2' +13° 11.5'
Egress, interior contact the 20 th at 1h 23m 51.6s - 80° 57.5' -45° 30.8' -156° 40.7' +13° 7.5'
Egress, exterior contact the 20 th at 1h 39m 8.6s - 76° 38.0' -44° 27.7' -152° 50.5' +13° 7.2'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 57m 0.97s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 26m 26.96s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 41.85 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 28.29 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 30.94 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.50 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 4' 34.336"

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 17h 47m 53.1s + 88° 51.1' +13° 15.7' + 79° 5.9'
Ingress, interior contact the 19 th at 18h 3m 12.4s + 92° 41.9' +13° 15.5' + 80° 15.9'
Least angular distance the 19 th at 21h 40m 40.1s +147° 17.5' +13° 11.5' ---
Egress, interior contact the 20 th at 1h 18m 4.3s -158° 7.9' +13° 7.6' +222° 33.3'
Egress, exterior contact the 20 th at 1h 33m 23.6s -154° 17.1' +13° 7.3' +223° 43.4'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 45m 30.48s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 14m 51.98s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 4' 56.118"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.