1960 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 33.00s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1960/11/7 at 16h 39m 34.95s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
225° 16' 37.570". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 8' 54.33". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
225° 16' 37.570". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.64". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.88". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.02". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 8.7". |
| 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 14h 32m 59.6s |
- 71° 19.9' |
-54° 57.6' |
+ 42° 10.0' |
-16° 37.4' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 14h 35m 0.6s |
- 71° 9.2' |
-55° 17.3' |
+ 42° 40.5' |
-16° 37.4' |
| Least angular distance |
the 7 th at 16h 52m 48.2s |
-162° 15.9' |
-60° 23.4' |
+ 77° 20.0' |
-16° 33.3' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 19h 10m 51.1s |
-156° 34.7' |
- 7° 34.3' |
+112° 3.4' |
-16° 29.1' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 7 th at 19h 12m 52.1s |
-156° 11.4' |
- 7° 12.5' |
+112° 33.8' |
-16° 29.1' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 39m 52.51s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 35m 50.47s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 232.41 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 105.10 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 107.51 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 234.81 R
- Least topocentric distance : 8' 43.781"
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 14h 33m 49.8s |
+ 42° 22.7' |
-16° 37.4' |
+148° 21.1' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 14h 35m 51.0s |
+ 42° 53.1' |
-16° 37.3' |
+148° 44.0' |
| Least angular distance |
the 7 th at 16h 52m 53.8s |
+ 77° 21.4' |
-16° 33.3' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 19h 10m 0.6s |
+111° 50.7' |
-16° 29.2' |
+261° 59.7' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 7 th at 19h 12m 1.8s |
+112° 21.2' |
-16° 29.1' |
+262° 22.5' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 38m 12.03s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 34m 9.57s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 8' 47.917"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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