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60 May the 22nd and the 23rd



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 9127.50s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 60/5/23 at 3h 25m 5.85s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 59° 30' 48.681".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 1' 30.66".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 59° 30' 48.681".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 2.32".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.65".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 30.33".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 43.4".
True semi-diameter of Venus 28.78".


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 23h 13m 42.8s + 74° 39.5' +15° 6.5' +169° 57.6' +20° 17.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 23h 28m 12.0s + 78° 23.4' +14° 48.7' +173° 35.8' +20° 17.3'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 3h 21m 51.1s -175° 27.7' -61° 14.2' -127° 44.0' +20° 13.8'
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 7h 15m 29.2s + 10° 48.5' -24° 37.3' - 69° 4.0' +20° 10.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 7h 29m 58.4s + 14° 33.3' -24° 19.6' - 65° 25.8' +20° 10.0'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 16m 15.56s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 47m 17.21s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 42.18 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 38.15 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 40.80 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 44.83 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 1' 5.750"

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 23h 19m 10.2s +171° 19.8' +20° 17.5' + 74° 4.9'
Ingress, interior contact the 22 nd at 23h 33m 39.5s +174° 58.1' +20° 17.3' + 74° 24.8'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 3h 21m 51.4s -127° 43.9' +20° 13.8' ---
Egress, interior contact the 23 rd at 7h 10m 1.8s - 70° 26.2' +20° 10.3' +243° 37.6'
Egress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 7h 24m 31.2s - 66° 48.0' +20° 10.1' +243° 57.4'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 5m 20.99s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 36m 22.31s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 1' 27.380"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.