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2125 December 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 241.68s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2125/12/8 at 15h 33m 5.88s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 256° 31' 51.344".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 12' 25.96".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 256° 31' 51.344".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.18".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.93".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.23".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 14.0".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.53".


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 13h 6m 45.7s -105° 39.1' -53° 36.9' + 18° 36.5' -22° 58.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 8 th at 13h 29m 30.4s -104° 37.4' -56° 31.7' + 24° 19.2' -22° 58.4'
Least angular distance the 8 th at 16h 1m 46.3s -151° 52.9' -63° 9.7' + 62° 33.4' -22° 56.4'
Egress, interior contact the 8 th at 18h 34m 4.8s -154° 24.4' -31° 56.5' +100° 48.3' -22° 54.3'
Egress, exterior contact the 8 th at 18h 56m 49.4s -150° 46.8' -28° 23.6' +106° 31.0' -22° 54.0'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 50m 3.69s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 4m 34.38s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.77 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 8.48 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 11.07 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.37 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 11' 52.153"

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 13h 15m 18.5s + 20° 45.3' -22° 58.6' +152° 0.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 8 th at 13h 38m 46.6s + 26° 38.9' -22° 58.3' +156° 17.9'
Least angular distance the 8 th at 16h 1m 47.2s + 62° 33.7' -22° 56.4' ---
Egress, interior contact the 8 th at 18h 24m 47.9s + 98° 28.5' -22° 54.5' +233° 23.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 8 th at 18h 48m 16.0s +104° 22.1' -22° 54.1' +237° 41.2'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 32m 57.44s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 46m 1.28s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 12' 16.397"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.