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667 November the 23rd and 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 3381.76s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 667/11/23 at 22h 18m 48.37s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 244° 34' 31.170".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 1' 40.48".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 244° 34' 31.170".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.01".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.94".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.35".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 15.9".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.65".


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 23 rd at 18h 13m 17.2s - 3° 49.1' -23° 39.5' + 95° 33.0' -21° 17.9'
Ingress, interior contact the 23 rd at 18h 28m 43.9s - 0° 7.2' -23° 59.1' + 99° 25.7' -21° 17.7'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 22h 22m 39.8s - 66° 26.1' -61° 25.6' +158° 10.0' -21° 14.1'
Egress, interior contact the 24 th at 2h 16m 36.1s - 58° 34.6' +12° 52.3' -143° 5.6' -21° 10.5'
Egress, exterior contact the 24 th at 2h 32m 2.7s - 54° 51.7' +13° 12.1' -139° 12.9' -21° 10.3'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 18m 45.45s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 47m 52.14s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.68 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 34.62 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 37.21 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.27 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 1' 14.849"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 23 rd at 18h 19m 14.4s + 97° 2.7' -21° 17.8' +115° 29.0'
Ingress, interior contact the 23 rd at 18h 34m 41.3s +100° 55.4' -21° 17.6' +115° 51.4'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 22h 22m 40.4s +158° 10.2' -21° 14.1' ---
Egress, interior contact the 24 th at 2h 10m 38.6s -144° 35.3' -21° 10.6' +283° 36.1'
Egress, exterior contact the 24 th at 2h 26m 5.5s -140° 42.6' -21° 10.4' +283° 58.5'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 6m 51.08s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 35m 57.30s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 1' 39.198"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.