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2498 June 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 1358.41s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2498/6/10 at 7h 9m 24.78s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 80° 20' 48.778".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 7' 27.97".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 80° 20' 48.778".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.31".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.67".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.51".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 46.4".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.95".


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 3h 43m 13.2s +128° 4.2' +35° 39.5' -124° 34.6' +23° 11.2'
Ingress, interior contact the 10 th at 3h 59m 27.1s +131° 3.6' +37° 11.7' -120° 30.0' +23° 11.0'
Least angular distance the 10 th at 7h 25m 55.8s + 81° 33.8' +63° 58.3' - 68° 38.6' +23° 8.6'
Egress, interior contact the 10 th at 10h 52m 26.1s + 79° 5.1' +14° 22.7' - 16° 46.9' +23° 6.1'
Egress, exterior contact the 10 th at 11h 8m 40.0s + 82° 24.4' +12° 45.7' - 12° 42.3' +23° 5.9'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 25m 26.82s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 6h 52m 58.93s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.01 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -21.74 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -24.39 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.66 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 7' 0.944"

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 3h 49m 18.3s -123° 2.9' +23° 11.1' + 50° 15.1'
Ingress, interior contact the 10 th at 4h 5m 38.3s -118° 56.8' +23° 10.9' + 48° 24.1'
Least angular distance the 10 th at 7h 25m 56.4s - 68° 38.5' +23° 8.6' ---
Egress, interior contact the 10 th at 10h 46m 14.5s - 18° 20.2' +23° 6.2' +286° 17.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 10 th at 11h 2m 34.5s - 14° 14.1' +23° 6.0' +284° 26.7'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 13m 16.23s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 40m 36.22s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 7' 22.723"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.