2368 December the 10th
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 869.49s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2368/12/10 at 14h 13m 16.61s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Venus |
258° 32' 42.520". |
| Geocentric latitude of Venus |
-0° 14' 6.51". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
258° 32' 42.520". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.63". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.92". |
| Equatorial parallax of Venus |
33.19". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 13.5". |
| True semi-diameter of Venus |
31.49". |
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 10 th at 12h 19m 53.0s |
-127° 37.4' |
-59° 6.0' |
+ 6° 48.7' |
-23° 9.3' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 12h 48m 8.8s |
-129° 40.5' |
-62° 27.4' |
+ 13° 54.6' |
-23° 8.9' |
| Least angular distance |
the 10 th at 14h 45m 57.8s |
-169° 11.3' |
-63° 27.9' |
+ 43° 29.8' |
-23° 7.4' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 16h 43m 49.8s |
-175° 10.4' |
-41° 40.1' |
+ 73° 5.7' |
-23° 5.9' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 10 th at 17h 12m 5.5s |
-171° 44.6' |
-36° 50.0' |
+ 80° 11.6' |
-23° 5.5' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 52m 12.58s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 3h 55m 40.99s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.81 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 4.35 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 6.95 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.41 R
- Least topocentric distance : 13' 32.229"
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 10 th at 12h 30m 15.2s |
+ 9° 25.0' |
-23° 9.1' |
+160° 24.3' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 13h 0m 25.0s |
+ 16° 59.5' |
-23° 8.8' |
+166° 40.3' |
| Least angular distance |
the 10 th at 14h 45m 58.9s |
+ 43° 30.0' |
-23° 7.4' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 16h 31m 32.7s |
+ 70° 0.6' |
-23° 6.0' |
+221° 20.8' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 10 th at 17h 1m 42.5s |
+ 77° 35.1' |
-23° 5.6' |
+227° 36.8' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 31m 27.31s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 3h 31m 7.66s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 13' 56.434"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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