1882 December the 6th
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 -5.13s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1882/12/6 at 16h 41m 6.16s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Venus |
254° 30' 51.230". |
| Geocentric latitude of Venus |
-0° 10' 45.55". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
254° 30' 51.230". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.11". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.93". |
| Equatorial parallax of Venus |
33.25". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 14.3". |
| True semi-diameter of Venus |
31.55". |
General phases
| Phases |
Date and instant
in UTC |
Position of the contacts |
Venus being in the Zenith in |
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| Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 6 th at 13h 49m 3.9s |
- 88° 22.3' |
-48° 32.0' |
+ 29° 15.7' |
-22° 46.2' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 14h 9m 1.3s |
- 86° 8.2' |
-50° 56.6' |
+ 34° 16.4' |
-22° 46.0' |
| Least angular distance |
the 6 th at 17h 5m 58.5s |
-137° 31.2' |
-62° 50.9' |
+ 78° 42.6' |
-22° 43.5' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 20h 2m 58.3s |
-136° 44.7' |
-23° 38.1' |
+123° 9.4' |
-22° 41.1' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 6 th at 20h 22m 55.7s |
-133° 6.7' |
-20° 53.7' |
+128° 10.1' |
-22° 40.8' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 6h 33m 51.83s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 53m 57.00s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.76 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 12.56 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 15.15 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.35 R
- Least topocentric distance : 10' 13.025"
Geocentric phases
| Geocentric phases |
Date and instant in UTC |
Venus being in the Zenith in |
Position Angle P |
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| Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 6 th at 13h 56m 38.5s |
+ 31° 9.9' |
-22° 46.1' |
+145° 6.8' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 14h 16m 57.3s |
+ 36° 15.9' |
-22° 45.9' |
+148° 19.2' |
| Least angular distance |
the 6 th at 17h 5m 59.1s |
+ 78° 42.7' |
-22° 43.5' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 19h 55m 1.7s |
+121° 9.7' |
-22° 41.2' |
+243° 6.1' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 6 th at 20h 15m 20.5s |
+126° 15.7' |
-22° 41.0' |
+246° 18.5' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 6h 18m 42.02s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 38m 4.38s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 10' 37.284"
Map
Map of visibility of the transit - Mercator projection.
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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