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1519 October the 31st



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 195.50s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 1519/10/31 at 4h 23m 11.14s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 226° 44' 18.704".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury +0° 13' 54.58".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 226° 44' 18.704".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.77".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.90".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 13.00".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 10.8".
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 31 st at 2h 34m 41.5s +143° 48.4' +31° 0.7' -137° 39.8' -16° 42.9'
Ingress, interior contact the 31 st at 2h 37m 50.5s +144° 58.1' +31° 53.6' -136° 52.2' -16° 42.8'
Least angular distance the 31 st at 4h 2m 53.4s -172° 24.6' +60° 1.1' -115° 28.6' -16° 40.3'
Egress, interior contact the 31 st at 5h 28m 10.3s - 72° 52.6' +71° 20.0' - 94° 1.4' -16° 37.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 31 st at 5h 31m 19.2s - 69° 25.0' +70° 59.2' - 93° 13.9' -16° 37.6'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 2h 56m 37.70s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 2h 50m 19.82s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 235.56 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -33.95 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -36.38 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 237.98 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 13' 42.555"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 31 st at 2h 35m 58.8s -137° 20.3' -16° 42.8' + 57° 8.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 31 st at 2h 39m 9.8s -136° 32.3' -16° 42.8' + 56° 11.2'
Least angular distance the 31 st at 4h 3m 0.5s -115° 26.8' -16° 40.3' ---
Egress, interior contact the 31 st at 5h 26m 51.2s - 94° 21.3' -16° 37.8' +353° 41.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 31 st at 5h 30m 2.2s - 93° 33.3' -16° 37.7' +352° 44.4'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 2h 54m 3.39s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 2h 47m 41.37s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 13' 46.644"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.