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1526 May 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 186.36s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 1526/5/23 at 18h 46m 50.48s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 71° 9' 28.815".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 11' 13.28".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 71° 9' 28.815".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.75".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.66".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.42".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 45.1".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.86".


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 23 rd at 16h 7m 0.5s - 59° 7.2' +52° 22.2' + 62° 22.8' +22° 23.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 23 rd at 16h 26m 55.4s - 57° 37.7' +54° 52.7' + 67° 22.9' +22° 23.4'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 19h 11m 36.3s -109° 17.2' +62° 45.0' +108° 44.3' +22° 21.2'
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 21h 56m 18.9s -108° 24.8' +26° 44.6' +150° 6.1' +22° 18.9'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 22h 16m 13.6s -104° 56.9' +23° 46.4' +155° 6.1' +22° 18.7'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 9m 13.14s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 29m 23.50s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.11 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -11.47 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -14.12 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.77 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 10' 44.983"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 16h 14m 22.4s + 64° 13.8' +22° 23.5' + 30° 16.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 23 rd at 16h 34m 43.3s + 69° 20.4' +22° 23.3' + 26° 47.7'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 19h 11m 34.1s +108° 43.7' +22° 21.2' ---
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 21h 48m 30.2s +148° 8.4' +22° 19.0' +300° 18.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 22h 8m 51.1s +153° 15.0' +22° 18.8' +296° 49.9'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 54m 28.72s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 13m 46.81s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 11' 6.682"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.