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554 May the 22nd



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 4208.03s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 554/5/22 at 4h 15m 14.62s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 61° 57' 51.865".
Geocentric latitude of Venus +0° 15' 43.54".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 61° 57' 51.865".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.26".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.65".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.35".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 44.0".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.80".


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 22 nd at 3h 24m 12.0s + 52° 47.3' +69° 23.9' -127° 24.8' +20° 59.2'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 4h 30m 29.2s + 31° 28.1' +64° 34.7' -110° 46.1' +20° 58.3'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 4h 49m 54.6s + 28° 9.2' +61° 37.6' -105° 53.4' +20° 58.0'
Egress, interior contact the 22 nd at 5h 9m 21.9s + 26° 20.4' +58° 16.2' -101° 0.3' +20° 57.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 6h 15m 39.0s + 28° 10.9' +45° 48.5' - 84° 21.6' +20° 56.7'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 2h 51m 26.97s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 0h 38m 52.68s.

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 : 0.85 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -1.81 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.83 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 15' 11.944"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 3h 41m 30.3s -123° 4.0' +20° 59.0' +356° 15.1'
Least angular distance the 22 nd at 4h 49m 54.9s -105° 53.3' +20° 58.0' ---
Egress, exterior contact the 22 nd at 5h 58m 19.6s - 88° 42.6' +20° 56.9' +323° 40.5'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 2h 16m 49.27s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 15' 33.587"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.