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2247 June 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 508.35s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2247/6/11 at 11h 59m 47.08s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 80° 12' 25.210".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 11' 38.68".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 80° 12' 25.210".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.31".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.67".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.46".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 45.7".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.90".


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 11 th at 8h 34m 54.1s -127° 47.3' -28° 30.9' - 51° 32.7' +22° 53.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 11 th at 8h 55m 32.9s -120° 47.3' -31° 39.2' - 46° 21.6' +22° 53.5'
Least angular distance the 11 th at 11h 33m 59.9s - 36° 15.8' -63° 48.5' - 6° 33.9' +22° 51.6'
Egress, interior contact the 11 th at 14h 12m 24.2s + 88° 30.9' -52° 57.7' + 33° 13.0' +22° 49.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 11 th at 14h 33m 3.0s + 97° 14.5' -50° 14.8' + 38° 24.1' +22° 49.5'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 58m 8.84s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 16m 51.35s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.06 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 10.34 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 13.00 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.71 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 11' 9.568"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 11 th at 8h 42m 31.9s - 49° 37.7' +22° 53.6' +122° 22.2'
Ingress, interior contact the 11 th at 9h 3m 42.0s - 44° 18.7' +22° 53.4' +126° 8.5'
Least angular distance the 11 th at 11h 33m 58.2s - 6° 34.4' +22° 51.6' ---
Egress, interior contact the 11 th at 14h 4m 15.7s + 31° 10.3' +22° 49.8' +208° 23.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 11 th at 14h 25m 25.8s + 36° 29.3' +22° 49.6' +212° 10.1'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 42m 53.98s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 0m 33.66s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 11' 31.305"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.