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-426 May the 22nd



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 16067.77s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -426/5/22 at 18h 40m 32.07s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 54° 56' 33.214".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 0' 58.47".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 54° 56' 33.214".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 3.69".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.64".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.33".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 43.0".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.77".


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 14h 34m 0.1s - 58° 36.0' +24° 49.1' + 40° 16.7' +19° 19.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 14h 48m 28.3s - 55° 4.6' +25° 1.1' + 43° 54.7' +19° 19.4'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 18h 42m 49.1s -128° 43.8' +60° 44.3' +102° 45.2' +19° 15.7'
Egress, interior contact the 22 nd at 22h 37m 9.6s -115° 13.1' -17° 45.7' +161° 35.6' +19° 12.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 22h 51m 37.8s -111° 41.2' -17° 57.7' +165° 13.6' +19° 11.7'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 17m 37.71s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 48m 41.34s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.17 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -39.33 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -41.98 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.82 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 0' 39.857"

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 14h 39m 27.0s + 41° 38.8' +19° 19.5' + 63° 40.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 14h 53m 55.3s + 45° 16.8' +19° 19.3' + 63° 27.2'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 18h 42m 48.9s +102° 45.1' +19° 15.7' ---
Egress, interior contact the 22 nd at 22h 31m 42.5s +160° 13.5' +19° 12.1' +251° 20.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 22h 46m 10.8s +163° 51.5' +19° 11.8' +251° 6.6'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 6m 43.83s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 37m 47.29s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 1' 1.485"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.