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1506 October the 28th



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 214.26s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 1506/10/28 at 10h 38m 35.12s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 224° 8' 19.762".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury +0° 5' 39.37".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 224° 8' 19.762".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.69".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.89".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 13.01".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 10.3".
True semi-diameter of Mercury 4.97".


General phases

Phases Date and instant
in UTC
Position of the contacts Mercury being in the Zenith in
Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 28 th at 7h 55m 22.5s -148° 13.9' - 5° 40.2' - 57° 29.2' -16° 7.1'
Ingress, interior contact the 28 th at 7h 57m 9.6s -147° 43.9' - 5° 27.7' - 57° 2.3' -16° 7.0'
Least angular distance the 28 th at 10h 30m 18.3s - 77° 59.0' +59° 58.2' - 18° 31.0' -16° 2.4'
Egress, interior contact the 28 th at 13h 3m 32.4s + 92° 59.9' +43° 30.7' + 20° 1.7' -15° 57.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 28 th at 13h 5m 19.5s + 93° 33.1' +43° 18.7' + 20° 28.6' -15° 57.7'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 9m 56.99s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 6m 22.86s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 234.71 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -153.24 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -155.66 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 237.13 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 5' 30.995"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 28 th at 7h 56m 6.8s - 57° 18.1' -16° 7.1' + 95° 46.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 28 th at 7h 57m 53.9s - 56° 51.2' -16° 7.0' + 95° 33.4'
Least angular distance the 28 th at 10h 30m 18.8s - 18° 30.9' -16° 2.4' ---
Egress, interior contact the 28 th at 13h 2m 48.2s + 19° 50.5' -15° 57.8' +315° 49.9'
Egress, exterior contact the 28 th at 13h 4m 35.4s + 20° 17.5' -15° 57.7' +315° 36.8'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 8m 28.59s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 4m 54.34s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 5' 35.098"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.