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• Parameters at the instant of the conjunction in longitude.
• General phases.
• Geocentric phases.
• Back to the canon of the transits of Venus.

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.

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".
Semi-diameter true of the Sun	15' 44.0".
Semi-diameter true of Venus	28.80".

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	Date and instant in UTC	Venus being in the Zenith in		Position Angle P
		Longitude	Latitude
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"

URL: http://www.imcce.fr/ephem/passage_eng/html_passage/VenusP554.html Last update : March 4th, 2004.