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2004 June the 8th



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 65.18s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2004/6/8 at 8h 43m 4.97s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 77° 53' 20.783".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 10' 34.42".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 77° 53' 20.783".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.60".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.66".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.44".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 45.4".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.88".


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 8 th at 5h 6m 30.5s +177° 25.7' -23° 12.9' -103° 24.1' +22° 45.4'
Ingress, interior contact the 8 th at 5h 25m 27.4s -176° 27.6' -25° 52.1' - 98° 38.6' +22° 45.2'
Least angular distance the 8 th at 8h 19m 44.3s - 86° 39.9' -63° 29.9' - 54° 52.4' +22° 43.1'
Egress, interior contact the 8 th at 11h 13m 58.9s + 48° 52.7' -49° 30.5' - 11° 6.8' +22° 41.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 8 th at 11h 32m 56.0s + 56° 11.2' -47° 8.5' - 6° 21.3' +22° 40.7'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 26m 25.45s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 48m 31.49s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.08 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 13.30 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 15.95 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.73 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 10' 5.156"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 8 th at 5h 13m 33.2s -101° 37.9' +22° 45.3' +116° 15.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 8 th at 5h 32m 49.8s - 96° 47.5' +22° 45.1' +119° 22.7'
Least angular distance the 8 th at 8h 19m 43.5s - 54° 52.6' +22° 43.1' ---
Egress, interior contact the 8 th at 11h 6m 37.1s - 12° 57.8' +22° 41.0' +213° 13.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 8 th at 11h 25m 53.8s - 8° 7.3' +22° 40.8' +216° 20.2'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 12m 20.67s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 33m 47.26s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 10' 26.875"

Map

Map of visibility of the transit - Mercator projection.


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.