2976 June the 16th
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 4092.42s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2976/6/16 at 20h 16m 45.43s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Venus |
87° 6' 40.263". |
| Geocentric latitude of Venus |
-0° 14' 19.15". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
87° 6' 40.263". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.85". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.68". |
| Equatorial parallax of Venus |
30.54". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
15' 46.7". |
| True semi-diameter of Venus |
28.98". |
General phases
| Phases |
Date and instant
in UTC |
Position of the contacts |
Venus being in the Zenith in |
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| Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 16 th at 17h 34m 54.2s |
+ 17° 23.0' |
-43° 41.0' |
+ 82° 44.3' |
+23° 4.4' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 16 th at 18h 5m 19.4s |
+ 30° 16.6' |
-48° 53.1' |
+ 90° 22.7' |
+23° 4.1' |
| Least angular distance |
the 16 th at 19h 44m 55.3s |
+ 92° 3.3' |
-64° 46.9' |
+115° 23.6' |
+23° 3.0' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 16 th at 21h 24m 28.7s |
+174° 53.4' |
-62° 17.2' |
+140° 23.8' |
+23° 2.0' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 16 th at 21h 54m 53.9s |
-167° 7.0' |
-58° 32.9' |
+148° 2.2' |
+23° 1.6' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 19m 59.63s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 3h 19m 9.23s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 41.97 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 3.08 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 5.73 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.62 R
- Least topocentric distance : 13' 48.660"
Geocentric phases
| Geocentric phases |
Date and instant in UTC |
Venus being in the Zenith in |
Position Angle P |
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| Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 16 th at 17h 45m 39.2s |
+ 85° 26.3' |
+23° 4.3' |
+140° 47.9' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 16 th at 18h 18m 54.5s |
+ 93° 47.4' |
+23° 3.9' |
+148° 5.4' |
| Least angular distance |
the 16 th at 19h 44m 54.3s |
+115° 23.3' |
+23° 3.0' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 16 th at 21h 10m 54.1s |
+136° 59.2' |
+23° 2.1' |
+192° 18.6' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 16 th at 21h 44m 9.5s |
+145° 20.4' |
+23° 1.8' |
+199° 36.1' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 3h 58m 30.26s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 2h 51m 59.58s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 14' 10.463"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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