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2032 November the 13th



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 101.32s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2032/11/13 at 9h 7m 47.69s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 231° 32' 31.195".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury +0° 9' 38.20".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 231° 32' 31.195".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.03".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.89".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 13.00".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 9.8".
True semi-diameter of Mercury 4.97".


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 13 th at 6h 39m 44.9s -161° 39.7' +11° 34.7' - 76° 25.0' -18° 3.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 13 th at 6h 41m 49.2s -161° 0.6' +11° 59.2' - 75° 53.7' -18° 3.5'
Least angular distance the 13 th at 8h 53m 37.8s - 96° 17.3' +60° 33.1' - 42° 44.2' -17° 59.7'
Egress, interior contact the 13 th at 11h 5m 35.6s + 51° 22.5' +54° 48.9' - 9° 32.4' -17° 56.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 13 th at 11h 7m 40.0s + 52° 17.3' +54° 27.5' - 9° 1.1' -17° 55.9'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 4h 27m 55.14s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 23m 46.42s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 234.57 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -95.49 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -97.91 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 236.99 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 9' 27.979"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 13 th at 6h 40m 36.2s - 76° 12.1' -18° 3.5' + 77° 41.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 13 th at 6h 42m 40.9s - 75° 40.7' -18° 3.4' + 77° 15.8'
Least angular distance the 13 th at 8h 53m 40.1s - 42° 43.6' -17° 59.7' ---
Egress, interior contact the 13 th at 11h 4m 44.2s - 9° 45.3' -17° 56.0' +329° 38.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 13 th at 11h 6m 48.8s - 9° 14.0' -17° 56.0' +329° 12.9'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 4h 26m 12.58s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 22m 3.29s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 9' 32.081"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.