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-2970 November the 17th



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 86371.61s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -2970/11/17 at 6h 42m 8.41s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 212° 54' 27.061".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 0' 56.41".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 212° 54' 27.061".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 39.95".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.95".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.22".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 17.2".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.52".


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 17 th at 2h 32m 33.0s +122° 25.9' -27° 59.1' -141° 4.2' -12° 50.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 17 th at 2h 47m 44.9s +126° 14.4' -27° 55.4' -137° 15.3' -12° 50.2'
Ingress, contact of the axe the 17 th at 6h 37m 11.1s -166° 47.6' +12° 24.0' - 79° 39.5' -12° 45.9'
Least angular distance the 17 th at 6h 41m 31.5s - 99° 41.4' +24° 3.7' - 78° 34.1' -12° 45.8'
Egress, contact of the axe the 17 th at 6h 45m 50.6s - 21° 20.5' +67° 51.6' - 77° 29.1' -12° 45.7'
Egress, interior contact the 17 th at 10h 35m 19.1s + 62° 19.0' +29° 39.3' - 19° 52.8' -12° 41.3'
Egress, exterior contact the 17 th at 10h 50m 30.9s + 66° 7.5' +29° 35.6' - 16° 3.9' -12° 41.0'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 17m 57.91s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 47m 34.19s.
  • Duration of the central transit : 0h 8m 39.56s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.98 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -38.31 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -40.91 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.58 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 17 th at 2h 38m 23.7s -139° 36.1' -12° 50.4' +118° 34.1'
Ingress, interior contact the 17 th at 2h 53m 35.6s -135° 47.2' -12° 50.1' +118° 30.2'
Least angular distance the 17 th at 6h 41m 31.6s - 78° 34.1' -12° 45.8' ---
Egress, interior contact the 17 th at 10h 29m 28.4s - 21° 20.8' -12° 41.4' +300° 21.9'
Egress, exterior contact the 17 th at 10h 44m 40.3s - 17° 31.9' -12° 41.1' +300° 18.0'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 6m 16.54s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 35m 52.81s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 0' 16.255"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.