2006 November the 8th and 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 72.00s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2006/11/8 at 21h 30m 18.22s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
226° 20' 6.257". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 7' 7.00". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
226° 20' 6.257". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.53". |
| 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 8 th at 19h 11m 10.4s |
+ 3° 9.4' |
-48° 17.0' |
+111° 40.4' |
-16° 54.4' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 8 th at 19h 13m 3.2s |
+ 3° 26.4' |
-48° 32.3' |
+112° 8.8' |
-16° 54.3' |
| Least angular distance |
the 8 th at 21h 40m 53.5s |
- 89° 20.7' |
-60° 26.6' |
+149° 20.0' |
-16° 50.0' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 0h 8m 55.7s |
- 84° 1.1' |
- 0° 58.9' |
-173° 25.9' |
-16° 45.6' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 9 th at 0h 10m 48.5s |
- 83° 38.2' |
- 0° 42.6' |
-172° 57.5' |
-16° 45.5' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 59m 38.08s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 55m 52.51s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 232.58 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 130.53 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 132.93 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 234.99 R
- Least topocentric distance : 6' 58.781"
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 8 th at 19h 11m 57.3s |
+111° 52.2' |
-16° 54.4' |
+140° 58.5' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 8 th at 19h 13m 50.2s |
+112° 20.6' |
-16° 54.3' |
+141° 15.5' |
| Least angular distance |
the 8 th at 21h 40m 57.1s |
+149° 20.9' |
-16° 50.0' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 0h 8m 8.8s |
-173° 37.7' |
-16° 45.6' |
+268° 51.8' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 9 th at 0h 10m 1.7s |
-173° 9.3' |
-16° 45.5' |
+269° 8.8' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 58m 4.41s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 54m 18.62s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 7' 2.914"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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