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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 5289.44s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Conjunction on 424/11/22 at 23h 4m 38.50s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus	242° 35' 51.128".
Geocentric latitude of Venus	+0° 0' 11.10".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun	242° 35' 51.128".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun	+0° 0' 1.37".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun	8.95".
Equatorial parallax of Venus	33.37".
Semi-diameter true of the Sun	16' 16.1".
Semi-diameter true of Venus	31.66".

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 18h 54m 8.5s	+ 8° 45.1'	-18° 47.4'	+105° 46.7'	-20° 55.2'
Ingress, interior contact	the 22 nd at 19h 9m 29.3s	+ 12° 35.7'	-18° 45.1'	+109° 37.9'	-20° 55.0'
Ingress, contact of the axe	the 22 nd at 22h 58m 49.7s	+ 78° 11.6'	+ 2° 32.2'	+167° 13.0'	-20° 51.4'
Least angular distance	the 22 nd at 23h 4m 16.2s	+160° 40.3'	+ 0° 59.6'	+168° 35.0'	-20° 51.3'
Egress, contact of the axe	the 22 nd at 23h 9m 42.1s	-118° 56.7'	+40° 20.6'	+169° 56.8'	-20° 51.2'
Egress, interior contact	the 23 rd at 2h 59m 3.5s	- 50° 39.7'	+19° 36.6'	-132° 27.8'	-20° 47.6'
Egress, exterior contact	the 23 rd at 3h 14m 24.3s	- 46° 49.0'	+19° 34.2'	-128° 36.6'	-20° 47.4'

Durations of the general phases

• Duration of the general transit : 8h 20m 15.83s.
• Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 49m 34.16s.
• Duration of the central transit : 0h 10m 52.43s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

• Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.67 R
• Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -38.27 R
• Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -40.87 R
• Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.26 R
• Least topocentric distance : 0' 0.000"

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 19h 0m 3.5s	+107° 15.8'	-20° 55.2'	+110° 1.8'
Ingress, interior contact	the 22 nd at 19h 15m 24.4s	+111° 7.0'	-20° 54.9'	+109° 59.2'
Least angular distance	the 22 nd at 23h 4m 15.5s	+168° 34.8'	-20° 51.3'	---
Egress, interior contact	the 23 rd at 2h 53m 8.4s	-133° 57.0'	-20° 47.7'	+290° 57.8'
Egress, exterior contact	the 23 rd at 3h 8m 29.3s	-130° 5.8'	-20° 47.5'	+290° 55.2'

Durations of the geocentric phases

• Duration of the general transit : 8h 8m 25.77s.
• Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 37m 44.09s.
• Least geocentric angular distance : 0' 9.613"

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