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2019 November the 11th



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 86.12s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2019/11/11 at 15h 21m 24.61s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 228° 55' 51.292".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury +0° 1' 16.12".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 228° 55' 51.292".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.63".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.88".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 13.01".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 9.3".
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
Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 11 th at 12h 34m 27.9s - 82° 60.0' -19° 12.4' + 12° 21.3' -17° 30.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 11 th at 12h 36m 9.2s - 82° 34.1' -19° 9.7' + 12° 46.8' -17° 30.5'
Least angular distance the 11 th at 15h 19m 31.1s - 2° 15.5' +60° 29.8' + 53° 52.5' -17° 25.8'
Egress, interior contact the 11 th at 18h 2m 57.7s +174° 43.1' +27° 14.2' + 94° 59.3' -17° 21.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 11 th at 18h 4m 39.1s +175° 9.2' +27° 11.5' + 95° 24.8' -17° 21.0'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 30m 11.26s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 26m 48.47s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 233.62 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -215.23 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -217.64 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 236.03 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 1' 11.818"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 11 th at 12h 35m 9.9s + 12° 31.9' -17° 30.5' +110° 0.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 11 th at 12h 36m 51.3s + 12° 57.4' -17° 30.5' +109° 57.9'
Least angular distance the 11 th at 15h 19m 30.7s + 53° 52.3' -17° 25.8' ---
Egress, interior contact the 11 th at 18h 2m 15.7s + 94° 48.7' -17° 21.0' +298° 35.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 11 th at 18h 3m 57.1s + 95° 14.2' -17° 21.0' +298° 32.8'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 28m 47.21s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 25m 24.43s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 1' 15.936"


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