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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 1050.07s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Conjunction on 1153/11/23 at 20h 26m 44.61s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus	248° 32' 47.003".
Geocentric latitude of Venus	-0° 5' 11.03".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun	248° 32' 47.003".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun	+0° 0' 0.52".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun	8.94".
Equatorial parallax of Venus	33.33".
Semi-diameter true of the Sun	16' 15.3".
Semi-diameter true of Venus	31.62".

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 16h 39m 37.7s	- 32° 32.2'	-32° 53.3'	+ 72° 3.9'	-21° 58.3'
Ingress, interior contact	the 23 rd at 16h 55m 46.5s	- 29° 8.0'	-33° 56.1'	+ 76° 7.2'	-21° 58.1'
Least angular distance	the 23 rd at 20h 38m 43.0s	- 89° 12.7'	-61° 58.6'	+132° 6.1'	-21° 54.8'
Egress, interior contact	the 24 th at 0h 21m 40.5s	- 82° 8.0'	- 0° 26.2'	-171° 54.8'	-21° 51.5'
Egress, exterior contact	the 24 th at 0h 37m 49.2s	- 78° 32.5'	+ 0° 39.1'	-167° 51.5'	-21° 51.3'

Durations of the general phases

• Duration of the general transit : 7h 58m 11.55s.
• Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 25m 54.04s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

• Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.69 R
• Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 26.08 R
• Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 28.67 R
• Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.29 R
• Least topocentric distance : 4' 43.303"

Geocentric phases	Date and instant in UTC	Venus being in the Zenith in		Position Angle P
		Longitude	Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact	the 23 rd at 16h 45m 50.1s	+ 73° 37.4'	-21° 58.2'	+126° 2.9'
Ingress, interior contact	the 23 rd at 17h 2m 1.5s	+ 77° 41.4'	-21° 58.0'	+127° 16.7'
Least angular distance	the 23 rd at 20h 38m 41.9s	+132° 5.8'	-21° 54.8'	---
Egress, interior contact	the 24 th at 0h 15m 25.1s	-173° 29.0'	-21° 51.6'	+269° 2.3'
Egress, exterior contact	the 24 th at 0h 31m 36.4s	-169° 25.2'	-21° 51.3'	+270° 16.0'

Durations of the geocentric phases

• Duration of the general transit : 7h 45m 46.29s.
• Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 13m 23.64s.
• Least geocentric angular distance : 5' 7.627"

URL: http://www.imcce.fr/ephem/passage_eng/html_passage/VenusP1153.html Last update : March 4th, 2004.