303 May the 24th
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 6438.60s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 303/5/24 at 7h 32m 26.07s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Venus |
61° 48' 9.613". |
| Geocentric latitude of Venus |
-0° 2' 40.33". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
61° 48' 9.613". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.88". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.65". |
| Equatorial parallax of Venus |
30.34". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
15' 43.6". |
| True semi-diameter of Venus |
28.79". |
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 24 th at 3h 20m 48.2s |
+138° 0.3' |
+10° 26.5' |
-128° 25.0' |
+20° 43.6' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 3h 35m 25.1s |
+141° 51.6' |
+ 9° 54.2' |
-124° 44.8' |
+20° 43.4' |
| Least angular distance |
the 24 th at 7h 26m 34.7s |
-112° 31.2' |
-61° 29.7' |
- 66° 42.1' |
+20° 40.0' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 11h 17m 43.7s |
+ 69° 28.5' |
-27° 45.7' |
- 8° 39.5' |
+20° 36.5' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 24 th at 11h 32m 20.6s |
+ 73° 22.8' |
-27° 14.1' |
- 4° 59.3' |
+20° 36.3' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 8h 11m 32.34s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 42m 18.57s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.17 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 34.90 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 37.55 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.82 R
- Least topocentric distance : 2' 16.094"
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 24 th at 3h 26m 18.4s |
-127° 2.1' |
+20° 43.5' |
+ 79° 6.2' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 3h 40m 55.8s |
-123° 21.8' |
+20° 43.3' |
+ 79° 42.2' |
| Least angular distance |
the 24 th at 7h 26m 38.0s |
- 66° 41.3' |
+20° 40.0' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 11h 12m 13.1s |
- 10° 2.5' |
+20° 36.6' |
+240° 1.6' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 24 th at 11h 26m 50.6s |
- 6° 22.2' |
+20° 36.4' |
+240° 37.6' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 8h 0m 32.17s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 31m 17.29s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 2' 37.732"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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