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2741 June 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 2565.54s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2741/6/13 at 10h 3m 13.88s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 82° 39' 11.828".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 6' 29.76".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 82° 39' 11.828".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.12".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.68".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.53".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 46.7".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.97".


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 6h 28m 20.4s +171° 36.9' +31° 33.7' - 83° 34.1' +23° 17.2'
Ingress, interior contact the 13 th at 6h 44m 5.2s +174° 43.7' +32° 52.6' - 79° 36.8' +23° 17.0'
Least angular distance the 13 th at 10h 17m 37.7s +126° 21.0' +64° 17.7' - 25° 58.9' +23° 14.6'
Egress, interior contact the 13 th at 13h 51m 11.2s +122° 19.9' +11° 41.1' + 27° 39.2' +23° 12.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 13 th at 14h 6m 55.9s +125° 39.2' +10° 19.2' + 31° 36.4' +23° 12.0'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 38m 35.55s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 7m 6.03s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 41.98 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -24.34 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -26.99 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.63 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 6' 3.771"

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 6h 34m 15.2s - 82° 5.0' +23° 17.1' + 54° 56.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 13 th at 6h 50m 4.1s - 78° 6.6' +23° 16.9' + 53° 23.0'
Least angular distance the 13 th at 10h 17m 38.0s - 25° 58.9' +23° 14.6' ---
Egress, interior contact the 13 th at 13h 45m 11.9s + 26° 8.9' +23° 12.2' +283° 16.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 13 th at 14h 1m 0.8s + 30° 7.2' +23° 12.0' +281° 42.5'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 26m 45.62s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 55m 7.75s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 6' 25.571"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.