1802 November the 9th
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 12.95s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1802/11/9 at 8h 59m 53.93s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
226° 17' 13.463". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
+0° 1' 1.83". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
226° 17' 13.463". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.31". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.89". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.01". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 9.6". |
| 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 9 th at 6h 13m 18.5s |
-178° 35.1' |
-20° 53.3' |
- 82° 56.0' |
-16° 47.7' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 6h 14m 59.7s |
-178° 9.4' |
-20° 51.0' |
- 82° 30.6' |
-16° 47.6' |
| Least angular distance |
the 9 th at 8h 58m 23.1s |
- 99° 34.7' |
+60° 15.3' |
- 41° 24.6' |
-16° 42.8' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 11h 41m 51.3s |
+ 79° 50.4' |
+27° 16.2' |
- 0° 17.5' |
-16° 37.9' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 9 th at 11h 43m 32.4s |
+ 80° 16.1' |
+27° 14.0' |
+ 0° 8.0' |
-16° 37.9' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 30m 13.90s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 26m 51.60s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 233.85 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -219.10 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -221.51 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 236.27 R
- Least topocentric distance : 0' 56.746"
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 9 th at 6h 14m 0.5s |
- 82° 45.5' |
-16° 47.7' |
+111° 41.4' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 6h 15m 41.6s |
- 82° 20.0' |
-16° 47.6' |
+111° 39.1' |
| Least angular distance |
the 9 th at 8h 58m 23.4s |
- 41° 24.5' |
-16° 42.8' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 11h 41m 9.4s |
- 0° 28.0' |
-16° 37.9' |
+298° 30.1' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 9 th at 11h 42m 50.6s |
- 0° 2.5' |
-16° 37.9' |
+298° 27.8' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 28m 50.12s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 25m 27.81s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 1' 0.861"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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