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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 -5.13s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Conjunction on 1882/12/6 at 16h 41m 6.16s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus	254° 30' 51.230".
Geocentric latitude of Venus	-0° 10' 45.55".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun	254° 30' 51.230".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun	-0° 0' 0.11".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun	8.93".
Equatorial parallax of Venus	33.25".
Semi-diameter true of the Sun	16' 14.3".
Semi-diameter true of Venus	31.55".

Phases	Date and instant in UTC	Position of the contacts		Venus being in the Zenith in
		Longitude	Latitude	Longitude	Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact	the 6 th at 13h 49m 3.9s	- 88° 22.3'	-48° 32.0'	+ 29° 15.7'	-22° 46.2'
Ingress, interior contact	the 6 th at 14h 9m 1.3s	- 86° 8.2'	-50° 56.6'	+ 34° 16.4'	-22° 46.0'
Least angular distance	the 6 th at 17h 5m 58.5s	-137° 31.2'	-62° 50.9'	+ 78° 42.6'	-22° 43.5'
Egress, interior contact	the 6 th at 20h 2m 58.3s	-136° 44.7'	-23° 38.1'	+123° 9.4'	-22° 41.1'
Egress, exterior contact	the 6 th at 20h 22m 55.7s	-133° 6.7'	-20° 53.7'	+128° 10.1'	-22° 40.8'

Durations of the general phases

• Duration of the general transit : 6h 33m 51.83s.
• Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 53m 57.00s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

• Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.76 R
• Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 12.56 R
• Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 15.15 R
• Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.35 R
• Least topocentric distance : 10' 13.025"

Geocentric phases	Date and instant in UTC	Venus being in the Zenith in		Position Angle P
		Longitude	Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact	the 6 th at 13h 56m 38.5s	+ 31° 9.9'	-22° 46.1'	+145° 6.8'
Ingress, interior contact	the 6 th at 14h 16m 57.3s	+ 36° 15.9'	-22° 45.9'	+148° 19.2'
Least angular distance	the 6 th at 17h 5m 59.1s	+ 78° 42.7'	-22° 43.5'	---
Egress, interior contact	the 6 th at 19h 55m 1.7s	+121° 9.7'	-22° 41.2'	+243° 6.1'
Egress, exterior contact	the 6 th at 20h 15m 20.5s	+126° 15.7'	-22° 41.0'	+246° 18.5'

Durations of the geocentric phases

• Duration of the general transit : 6h 18m 42.02s.
• Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 38m 4.38s.
• Least geocentric angular distance : 10' 37.284"

URL: http://www.imcce.fr/ephem/passage_eng/html_passage/VenusP1882.html Last update : March 4th, 2004.