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2984 June 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 4150.57s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2984/6/14 at 12h 36m 59.38s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 84° 56' 59.220".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 5' 39.80".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 84° 56' 59.220".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.31".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.68".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.57".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 47.1".
True semi-diameter of Venus 29.00".


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 8h 55m 27.9s -149° 48.8' +27° 57.6' - 47° 3.4' +23° 20.9'
Ingress, interior contact the 14 th at 9h 10m 52.7s -146° 36.8' +29° 5.6' - 43° 11.1' +23° 20.7'
Least angular distance the 14 th at 12h 49m 34.5s +166° 11.0' +64° 37.1' + 11° 44.4' +23° 18.3'
Egress, interior contact the 14 th at 16h 28m 17.7s +160° 25.4' + 9° 33.9' + 66° 40.3' +23° 15.9'
Egress, exterior contact the 14 th at 16h 43m 42.5s +163° 45.4' + 8° 24.0' + 70° 32.6' +23° 15.8'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 48m 14.67s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 17m 25.02s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 41.94 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -26.58 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -29.23 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.59 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 5' 14.505"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 14 th at 9h 1m 15.7s - 45° 36.1' +23° 20.8' + 59° 1.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 14 th at 9h 16m 43.4s - 41° 43.1' +23° 20.6' + 57° 41.9'
Least angular distance the 14 th at 12h 49m 35.1s + 11° 44.6' +23° 18.3' ---
Egress, interior contact the 14 th at 16h 22m 26.7s + 65° 12.2' +23° 16.0' +280° 52.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 14 th at 16h 37m 54.5s + 69° 5.2' +23° 15.8' +279° 33.2'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 36m 38.80s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 5m 43.22s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 5' 36.333"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.