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-548 November the 21st and 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 18128.28s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -548/11/22 at 1h 13m 34.12s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 234° 46' 34.740".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 7' 40.29".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 234° 46' 34.740".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 3.38".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.95".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.38".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 16.8".
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 21 st at 21h 11m 14.3s + 51° 11.3' + 2° 22.9' +139° 56.6' -19° 9.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 21 st at 21h 28m 25.0s + 56° 5.1' + 4° 7.7' +144° 15.4' -19° 9.5'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 0h 56m 10.3s +144° 5.4' +60° 12.3' -163° 34.9' -19° 6.0'
Egress, interior contact the 22 nd at 4h 23m 54.7s - 43° 59.8' +47° 17.1' -111° 25.4' -19° 2.5'
Egress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 4h 41m 5.4s - 38° 25.9' +45° 40.3' -107° 6.6' -19° 2.2'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 29m 51.09s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 6h 55m 29.67s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.70 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -20.22 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -22.82 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.29 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 7' 6.862"

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 21h 17m 49.8s +141° 35.9' -19° 9.6' + 86° 48.9'
Ingress, interior contact the 21 st at 21h 35m 7.2s +145° 56.4' -19° 9.3' + 84° 52.2'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 0h 56m 8.6s -163° 35.3' -19° 6.0' ---
Egress, interior contact the 22 nd at 4h 17m 13.2s -113° 6.2' -19° 2.6' +321° 45.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 4h 34m 30.6s -108° 45.8' -19° 2.3' +319° 48.3'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 16m 40.79s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 42m 5.95s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 7' 31.223"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.