1914 November 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 16.26s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1914/11/7 at 11h 47m 10.46s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
224° 13' 49.228". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 10' 37.25". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
224° 13' 49.228". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.41". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.88". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.03". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 8.6". |
| 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 7 th at 9h 56m 2.4s |
-147° 52.9' |
-61° 44.2' |
- 27° 2.2' |
-16° 20.6' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 9h 58m 16.0s |
-147° 56.3' |
-62° 8.5' |
- 26° 28.6' |
-16° 20.5' |
| Least angular distance |
the 7 th at 12h 2m 58.5s |
+124° 23.2' |
-60° 19.7' |
+ 4° 53.4' |
-16° 16.7' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 14h 8m 0.0s |
+129° 46.9' |
-14° 38.0' |
+ 36° 20.2' |
-16° 13.0' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 7 th at 14h 10m 13.7s |
+130° 11.1' |
-14° 9.2' |
+ 36° 53.9' |
-16° 12.9' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 14m 11.31s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 9m 44.07s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 232.25 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 80.24 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 82.64 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 234.65 R
- Least topocentric distance : 10' 26.608"
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 7 th at 9h 56m 57.8s |
- 26° 48.3' |
-16° 20.5' |
+156° 10.9' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 9h 59m 11.8s |
- 26° 14.6' |
-16° 20.5' |
+156° 41.1' |
| Least angular distance |
the 7 th at 12h 3m 5.2s |
+ 4° 55.1' |
-16° 16.7' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 14h 7m 4.2s |
+ 36° 6.2' |
-16° 13.0' |
+254° 38.5' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 7 th at 14h 9m 18.2s |
+ 36° 39.9' |
-16° 12.9' |
+255° 8.7' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 12m 20.45s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 7m 52.38s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 10' 30.746"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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