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-305 November the 22nd and the 23rd



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 14137.35s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -305/11/23 at 0h 43m 22.36s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 236° 42' 39.703".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 5' 42.96".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 236° 42' 39.703".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 3.22".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.95".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.38".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 16.7".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.67".


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 22 nd at 20h 33m 44.6s + 39° 45.9' - 3° 34.6' +130° 37.5' -19° 38.2'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 20h 50m 2.0s + 44° 16.1' - 2° 20.9' +134° 42.9' -19° 37.9'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 0h 30m 24.5s +139° 12.0' +60° 25.9' -169° 57.2' -19° 34.3'
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 4h 10m 46.8s - 42° 23.6' +39° 54.2' -114° 37.4' -19° 30.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 4h 27m 4.3s - 37° 35.9' +38° 44.0' -110° 32.0' -19° 30.4'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 53m 19.68s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 20m 44.75s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.68 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -24.95 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -27.54 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.28 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 5' 11.133"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 20h 40m 0.6s +132° 11.9' -19° 38.1' + 93° 17.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 20h 56m 21.2s +136° 18.1' -19° 37.8' + 91° 55.7'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 0h 30m 24.7s -169° 57.2' -19° 34.3' ---
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 4h 4m 28.1s -116° 12.5' -19° 30.8' +313° 21.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 4h 20m 48.7s -112° 6.3' -19° 30.5' +311° 59.0'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 40m 48.10s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 8m 6.89s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 5' 35.500"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.