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546 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 4270.51s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 546/5/24 at 11h 38m 57.07s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 64° 5' 59.209".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 3' 55.57".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 64° 5' 59.209".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.70".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.65".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.35".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 43.8".
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
Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 24 th at 7h 28m 19.7s -158° 24.8' + 5° 29.2' - 66° 42.1' +21° 7.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 24 th at 7h 43m 10.9s -154° 23.7' + 4° 41.1' - 62° 58.4' +21° 7.4'
Least angular distance the 24 th at 11h 30m 19.7s - 49° 48.3' -61° 45.8' - 5° 56.0' +21° 4.1'
Egress, interior contact the 24 th at 15h 17m 27.0s +127° 12.9' -31° 7.9' + 51° 5.9' +21° 0.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 24 th at 15h 32m 18.1s +131° 20.3' -30° 21.2' + 54° 49.7' +21° 0.6'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 3m 58.42s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 34m 16.14s.

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 : 31.46 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 34.12 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.82 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 3' 30.686"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 24 th at 7h 33m 55.1s - 65° 17.9' +21° 7.5' + 84° 27.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 24 th at 7h 48m 47.5s - 61° 33.8' +21° 7.3' + 85° 21.4'
Least angular distance the 24 th at 11h 30m 20.8s - 5° 55.7' +21° 4.1' ---
Egress, interior contact the 24 th at 15h 11m 50.7s + 49° 41.5' +21° 0.9' +236° 7.3'
Egress, exterior contact the 24 th at 15h 26m 43.1s + 53° 25.6' +21° 0.6' +237° 1.0'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 52m 47.97s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 23m 3.14s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 3' 52.328"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.