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-62 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 10667.23s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -62/11/23 at 0h 24m 59.23s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 238° 40' 31.134".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 3' 54.56".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 238° 40' 31.134".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 1.83".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.95".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.38".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 16.5".
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 12m 18.2s + 32° 31.3' - 8° 39.8' +125° 17.7' -20° 5.4'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 20h 28m 3.9s + 36° 45.5' - 7° 50.9' +129° 15.1' -20° 5.2'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 0h 16m 6.3s +137° 12.0' +60° 40.2' -173° 29.5' -20° 1.5'
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 4h 4m 8.1s - 40° 29.2' +33° 13.8' -116° 14.2' -19° 57.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 4h 19m 53.8s - 36° 8.0' +32° 26.5' -112° 16.8' -19° 57.5'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 7m 35.65s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 36m 4.25s.

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 : -29.27 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -31.86 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.27 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 3' 25.460"

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 18m 22.5s +126° 49.1' -20° 5.3' + 98° 51.1'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 20h 34m 9.6s +130° 46.9' -20° 5.1' + 97° 56.7'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 0h 16m 7.1s -173° 29.3' -20° 1.5' ---
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 3h 58m 2.8s -117° 45.9' -19° 57.9' +305° 55.4'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 4h 13m 49.9s -113° 48.2' -19° 57.6' +305° 1.0'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 55m 27.35s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 23m 53.29s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 3' 49.829"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.