1605 November the 1st
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 98.80s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1605/11/1 at 19h 41m 23.13s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
219° 27' 49.204". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 14' 25.97". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
219° 27' 49.204". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.69". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.88". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.03". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 8.8". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
4.98". |
General phases
| Phases |
Date and instant
in UTC |
Position of the contacts |
Mercury being in the Zenith in |
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| Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 1 st at 18h 42m 33.3s |
- 67° 31.3' |
-75° 47.6' |
+104° 38.9' |
-14° 56.0' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 1 st at 18h 46m 7.2s |
- 71° 1.4' |
-75° 53.3' |
+105° 32.7' |
-14° 55.8' |
| Least angular distance |
the 1 st at 20h 2m 47.0s |
-119° 28.9' |
-59° 59.7' |
+124° 49.6' |
-14° 53.5' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 1 st at 21h 19m 55.5s |
-116° 27.8' |
-34° 11.9' |
+144° 13.7' |
-14° 51.0' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 1 st at 21h 23m 29.5s |
-115° 58.0' |
-33° 9.7' |
+145° 7.5' |
-14° 50.9' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 2h 40m 56.17s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 2h 33m 48.29s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 232.18 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 26.01 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 28.41 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 234.58 R
- Least topocentric distance : 14' 11.748"
Geocentric phases
| Geocentric phases |
Date and instant in UTC |
Mercury being in the Zenith in |
Position Angle P |
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| Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 1 st at 18h 44m 1.3s |
+105° 1.0' |
-14° 55.9' |
+178° 31.3' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 1 st at 18h 47m 38.4s |
+105° 55.6' |
-14° 55.8' |
+179° 37.8' |
| Least angular distance |
the 1 st at 20h 3m 0.4s |
+124° 53.0' |
-14° 53.4' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 1 st at 21h 18m 24.3s |
+143° 50.7' |
-14° 51.1' |
+234° 14.2' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 1 st at 21h 22m 1.4s |
+144° 45.3' |
-14° 51.0' |
+235° 20.7' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 2h 38m 0.19s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 2h 30m 45.89s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 14' 15.887"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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