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2117 December the 10th and the 11th



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 227.45s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2117/12/11 at 3h 16m 32.01s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 258° 59' 32.538".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 12' 13.64".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 258° 59' 32.538".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.78".
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
Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 10 th at 23h 50m 10.8s +102° 35.0' +28° 9.0' +179° 5.0' -22° 48.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 11 th at 0h 12m 27.5s +110° 8.4' +31° 34.5' -175° 19.3' -22° 48.4'
Least angular distance the 11 th at 2h 48m 21.8s -168° 9.2' +63° 21.1' -136° 10.2' -22° 46.4'
Egress, interior contact the 11 th at 5h 24m 14.1s - 44° 0.5' +54° 35.4' - 97° 1.6' -22° 44.4'
Egress, exterior contact the 11 th at 5h 46m 31.0s - 34° 17.2' +51° 42.0' - 91° 25.9' -22° 44.1'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 56m 20.18s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 11m 46.60s.

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 : -9.01 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -11.60 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.36 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 11' 39.374"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 10 th at 23h 58m 34.7s -178° 48.5' -22° 48.6' + 57° 55.3'
Ingress, interior contact the 11 th at 0h 21m 30.7s -173° 2.9' -22° 48.3' + 53° 46.8'
Least angular distance the 11 th at 2h 48m 21.2s -136° 10.4' -22° 46.4' ---
Egress, interior contact the 11 th at 5h 15m 11.7s - 99° 17.8' -22° 44.5' +333° 55.1'
Egress, exterior contact the 11 th at 5h 38m 7.7s - 93° 32.3' -22° 44.2' +329° 46.7'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 39m 33.05s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 53m 40.98s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 12' 3.629"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.