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1924 May the 7th and the 8th



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 23.14s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 1924/5/8 at 1h 37m 6.25s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 47° 11' 6.291".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury +0° 1' 25.78".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 47° 11' 6.291".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.22".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.71".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 15.77".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 50.5".
True semi-diameter of Mercury 6.03".


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 7 th at 21h 41m 49.4s + 46° 22.2' +30° 38.0' +146° 6.4' +17° 4.0'
Ingress, interior contact the 7 th at 21h 44m 50.4s + 47° 5.7' +30° 41.5' +146° 51.8' +17° 4.0'
Least angular distance the 8 th at 1h 40m 58.4s - 33° 46.3' +58° 43.5' -153° 51.3' +16° 59.5'
Egress, interior contact the 8 th at 5h 36m 57.3s - 11° 52.6' -20° 42.3' - 94° 36.7' +16° 55.1'
Egress, exterior contact the 8 th at 5h 39m 58.3s - 11° 8.9' -20° 45.8' - 93° 51.2' +16° 55.0'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 58m 8.95s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 52m 6.93s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 133.79 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -121.80 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -123.51 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 135.50 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 1' 17.547"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 7 th at 21h 43m 35.1s +146° 32.9' +17° 4.0' + 57° 58.4'
Ingress, interior contact the 7 th at 21h 46m 36.1s +147° 18.4' +17° 3.9' + 57° 54.6'
Least angular distance the 8 th at 1h 40m 59.1s -153° 51.1' +16° 59.5' ---
Egress, interior contact the 8 th at 5h 35m 11.3s - 95° 3.3' +16° 55.1' +248° 26.6'
Egress, exterior contact the 8 th at 5h 38m 12.3s - 94° 17.8' +16° 55.1' +248° 22.8'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 7h 54m 37.27s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 48m 35.23s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 1' 24.589"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.