1710 November the 6th and the 7th
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 8.18s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1710/11/6 at 23h 17m 56.43s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
224° 11' 3.410". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 2' 26.05". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
224° 11' 3.410". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.70". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.88". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.01". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 9.5". |
| 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 6 th at 20h 37m 51.2s |
+ 33° 22.8' |
-33° 5.4' |
+133° 14.5' |
-16° 14.5' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 20h 39m 33.4s |
+ 33° 45.9' |
-33° 10.3' |
+133° 40.2' |
-16° 14.4' |
| Least angular distance |
the 6 th at 23h 21m 33.2s |
- 65° 34.4' |
-60° 8.7' |
+174° 25.0' |
-16° 9.5' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 2h 3m 39.2s |
- 60° 33.6' |
+16° 16.4' |
-144° 48.6' |
-16° 4.6' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 7 th at 2h 5m 21.4s |
- 60° 10.0' |
+16° 21.4' |
-144° 22.9' |
-16° 4.6' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 27m 30.28s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 24m 5.82s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 233.55 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 198.40 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 200.81 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 235.96 R
- Least topocentric distance : 2' 21.057"
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 6 th at 20h 38m 33.5s |
+133° 25.1' |
-16° 14.4' |
+124° 25.8' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 20h 40m 15.8s |
+133° 50.9' |
-16° 14.4' |
+124° 31.0' |
| Least angular distance |
the 6 th at 23h 21m 33.9s |
+174° 25.2' |
-16° 9.5' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 2h 2m 56.8s |
-144° 59.2' |
-16° 4.6' |
+286° 50.6' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 7 th at 2h 4m 39.1s |
-144° 33.5' |
-16° 4.6' |
+286° 55.8' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 26m 5.54s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 22m 41.06s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 2' 25.177"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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