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2854 December the 14th

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 3258.86s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude

Conjunction on 2854/12/14 at 11h 39m 59.31s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 262° 36' 53.603".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 17' 19.66".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 262° 36' 53.603".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.16".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.91".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.12".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 12.7".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.43".


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 14 th at 12h 6m 20.2s +161° 3.2' -65° 21.1' + 3° 18.8' -23° 24.3'
Least angular distance the 14 th at 12h 20m 6.1s +157° 46.0' -64° 6.5' + 6° 46.2' -23° 24.1'
Egress, exterior contact the 14 th at 12h 33m 55.2s +155° 6.4' -62° 34.6' + 10° 14.4' -23° 23.9'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 0h 27m 35.02s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.88 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -3.53 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -0.93 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.48 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 16' 42.570"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Least angular distance the 14 th at 12h 20m 7.7s + 6° 46.6' -23° 24.1' ---

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Least geocentric angular distance : 17' 6.713"

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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.