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910 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 1994.90s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 910/11/23 at 21h 19m 27.32s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 246° 32' 59.585".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 3' 30.23".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 246° 32' 59.585".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.33".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.94".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.34".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 15.6".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.64".


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 17h 22m 21.0s - 19° 9.2' -28° 28.9' + 82° 47.5' -21° 38.9'
Ingress, interior contact the 23 rd at 17h 38m 2.9s - 15° 36.2' -29° 10.6' + 86° 44.0' -21° 38.7'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 21h 27m 31.5s - 78° 36.1' -61° 42.3' +144° 21.3' -21° 35.2'
Egress, interior contact the 24 th at 1h 17m 1.5s - 70° 48.1' + 6° 1.6' -158° 1.0' -21° 31.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 24 th at 1h 32m 43.4s - 67° 10.3' + 6° 44.4' -154° 4.5' -21° 31.5'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 10m 22.37s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 38m 58.66s.

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 : 30.16 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 32.75 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.27 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 3' 3.572"

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 17h 28m 23.7s + 84° 18.6' -21° 38.8' +120° 57.4'
Ingress, interior contact the 23 rd at 17h 44m 6.6s + 88° 15.4' -21° 38.6' +121° 45.7'
Least angular distance the 23 rd at 21h 27m 32.1s +144° 21.5' -21° 35.2' ---
Egress, interior contact the 24 th at 1h 10m 57.5s -159° 32.4' -21° 31.9' +276° 7.3'
Egress, exterior contact the 24 th at 1h 26m 40.5s -155° 35.6' -21° 31.6' +276° 55.6'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 58m 16.82s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 26m 50.96s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 3' 27.913"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.