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1040 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 1452.82s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 1040/5/22 at 11h 54m 22.55s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 66° 34' 1.906".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 13' 19.92".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 66° 34' 1.906".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.57".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.66".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.38".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 44.5".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.82".


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 9h 53m 10.3s -167° 25.4' +61° 47.4' - 30° 37.0' +21° 46.1'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 10h 18m 23.6s -169° 57.3' +64° 37.7' - 24° 17.0' +21° 45.7'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 12h 23m 47.4s +145° 10.4' +62° 10.4' + 7° 12.4' +21° 43.9'
Egress, interior contact the 22 nd at 14h 29m 12.9s +145° 14.1' +36° 21.9' + 38° 42.1' +21° 42.1'
Egress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 14h 54m 26.1s +148° 54.2' +31° 57.6' + 45° 2.1' +21° 41.8'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 1m 15.83s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 10m 49.27s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.15 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -5.70 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -8.36 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.80 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 12' 50.120"

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 10h 2m 17.7s - 28° 19.5' +21° 45.9' + 17° 13.4'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 10h 28m 49.8s - 21° 39.7' +21° 45.5' + 11° 49.4'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 12h 23m 48.8s + 7° 12.7' +21° 43.9' ---
Egress, interior contact the 22 nd at 14h 18m 45.7s + 36° 4.7' +21° 42.3' +311° 37.4'
Egress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 14h 45m 17.8s + 42° 44.5' +21° 41.9' +306° 13.3'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 4h 43m 0.15s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 3h 49m 55.92s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 13' 11.786"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.