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2733 June the 15th



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 2519.82s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2733/6/15 at 17h 49m 9.75s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 84° 49' 18.661".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 13' 37.61".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 84° 49' 18.661".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.27".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.67".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.52".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 46.4".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.96".


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 15 th at 14h 53m 26.8s - 26° 30.5' -39° 11.6' + 42° 36.6' +23° 3.0'
Ingress, interior contact the 15 th at 15h 19m 45.9s - 16° 14.6' -43° 38.5' + 49° 13.2' +23° 2.7'
Least angular distance the 15 th at 17h 18m 59.5s + 53° 42.9' -64° 27.3' + 79° 9.9' +23° 1.4'
Egress, interior contact the 15 th at 19h 18m 10.4s +151° 12.6' -59° 45.3' +109° 5.8' +23° 0.1'
Egress, exterior contact the 15 th at 19h 44m 29.5s +165° 11.2' -56° 18.2' +115° 42.4' +22° 59.9'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 4h 51m 2.68s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 3h 58m 24.49s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.00 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 4.99 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 7.64 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.65 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 13' 6.543"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 15 th at 15h 2m 56.4s + 44° 59.7' +23° 2.9' +135° 8.4'
Ingress, interior contact the 15 th at 15h 30m 49.8s + 51° 59.9' +23° 2.6' +140° 57.3'
Least angular distance the 15 th at 17h 18m 54.4s + 79° 8.6' +23° 1.4' ---
Egress, interior contact the 15 th at 19h 7m 7.1s +106° 19.2' +23° 0.3' +197° 30.5'
Egress, exterior contact the 15 th at 19h 35m 0.4s +113° 19.5' +22° 60.0' +203° 19.4'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 4h 32m 3.92s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 3h 36m 17.33s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 13' 28.326"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.