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2611 December the 13th



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 1875.22s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2611/12/13 at 12h 58m 26.05s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 260° 34' 38.065".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 15' 47.29".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 260° 34' 38.065".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.58".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.92".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.17".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 13.2".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.47".


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 13 th at 11h 50m 18.5s -153° 6.0' -64° 31.3' - 0° 39.7' -23° 18.0'
Ingress, interior contact the 13 th at 12h 35m 42.7s -165° 36.9' -67° 2.1' + 10° 44.4' -23° 17.5'
Least angular distance the 13 th at 13h 34m 52.6s +174° 45.4' -63° 47.3' + 25° 35.9' -23° 16.7'
Egress, interior contact the 13 th at 14h 34m 5.6s +167° 2.7' -54° 43.8' + 40° 28.2' -23° 16.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 13 th at 15h 19m 29.8s +168° 27.0' -46° 50.3' + 51° 52.3' -23° 15.4'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 3h 29m 11.33s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 1h 58m 22.81s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.83 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 0.29 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 2.88 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.43 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 15' 10.600"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 13 th at 12h 5m 18.4s + 3° 6.3' -23° 17.8' +171° 40.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 13 th at 13h 7m 7.8s + 18° 37.8' -23° 17.1' +186° 11.1'
Least angular distance the 13 th at 13h 34m 53.7s + 25° 36.2' -23° 16.7' ---
Egress, interior contact the 13 th at 14h 2m 39.6s + 32° 34.6' -23° 16.4' +200° 4.5'
Egress, exterior contact the 13 th at 15h 4m 29.1s + 48° 6.1' -23° 15.6' +214° 35.0'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 2h 59m 10.72s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 0h 55m 31.77s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 15' 34.783"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.