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2078 November the 14th



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 163.77s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2078/11/14 at 13h 57m 28.06s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 232° 35' 29.930".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury +0° 11' 20.67".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 232° 35' 29.930".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.77".
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 14 th at 11h 41m 15.2s - 83° 27.4' +19° 15.7' - 1° 3.4' -18° 17.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 14 th at 11h 43m 34.6s - 82° 40.8' +19° 47.7' - 0° 28.4' -18° 17.5'
Least angular distance the 14 th at 13h 40m 47.3s - 23° 36.2' +60° 36.5' + 29° 0.8' -18° 14.3'
Egress, interior contact the 14 th at 15h 38m 11.3s +110° 31.0' +60° 39.2' + 58° 32.9' -18° 11.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 14 th at 15h 40m 30.7s +111° 50.1' +60° 13.7' + 59° 8.0' -18° 10.9'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 3h 59m 15.50s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 3h 54m 36.72s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 234.72 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -70.70 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -73.12 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 237.14 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 11' 10.183"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 14 th at 11h 42m 12.7s - 0° 49.0' -18° 17.6' + 69° 30.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 14 th at 11h 44m 32.6s - 0° 13.8' -18° 17.5' + 68° 56.5'
Least angular distance the 14 th at 13h 40m 53.1s + 29° 2.3' -18° 14.3' ---
Egress, interior contact the 14 th at 15h 37m 13.5s + 58° 18.4' -18° 11.0' +337° 17.5'
Egress, exterior contact the 14 th at 15h 39m 33.5s + 58° 53.6' -18° 10.9' +336° 43.3'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 3h 57m 20.76s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 3h 52m 40.88s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 11' 14.283"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.