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-783 November the 19th



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 22483.34s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -783/11/19 at 13h 27m 54.52s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 230° 20' 44.221".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 15' 4.64".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 230° 20' 44.221".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 5.89".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.95".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.39".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 17.0".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.68".


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 19 th at 11h 59m 31.6s -162° 45.6' -71° 27.0' + 2° 21.4' -18° 21.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 19 th at 12h 34m 45.9s -177° 45.1' -71° 48.6' + 11° 12.2' -18° 21.1'
Least angular distance the 19 th at 14h 2m 30.6s +157° 7.6' -59° 50.7' + 33° 14.0' -18° 19.6'
Egress, interior contact the 19 th at 15h 30m 20.3s +161° 22.8' -40° 52.2' + 55° 17.0' -18° 18.1'
Egress, exterior contact the 19 th at 16h 5m 34.6s +166° 28.9' -33° 57.4' + 64° 7.8' -18° 17.4'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 4h 6m 2.94s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 2h 55m 34.42s.

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 : 1.89 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 4.48 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.28 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 14' 34.829"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 19 th at 12h 11m 59.6s + 5° 29.2' -18° 21.5' +177° 50.4'
Ingress, interior contact the 19 th at 12h 52m 1.0s + 15° 32.1' -18° 20.8' +186° 48.1'
Least angular distance the 19 th at 14h 2m 32.4s + 33° 14.5' -18° 19.6' ---
Egress, interior contact the 19 th at 15h 13m 3.8s + 50° 56.8' -18° 18.4' +222° 40.4'
Egress, exterior contact the 19 th at 15h 53m 5.2s + 60° 59.7' -18° 17.7' +231° 38.1'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 3h 41m 5.63s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 2h 21m 2.82s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 14' 59.203"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.