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2085 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 174.43s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2085/11/7 at 13h 16m 14.40s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 225° 50' 31.412".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury -0° 12' 7.00".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 225° 50' 31.412".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.57".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.87".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 13.03".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 8.2".
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 7 th at 11h 41m 32.3s -131° 56.7' -66° 38.2' - 0° 36.9' -16° 48.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 7 th at 11h 44m 3.6s -132° 28.2' -67° 5.3' + 0° 1.1' -16° 48.7'
Least angular distance the 7 th at 13h 34m 17.1s +148° 21.8' -60° 30.8' + 27° 44.6' -16° 45.5'
Egress, interior contact the 7 th at 15h 24m 54.0s +151° 35.1' -22° 1.9' + 55° 33.9' -16° 42.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 7 th at 15h 27m 25.3s +151° 59.9' -21° 25.0' + 56° 12.0' -16° 42.1'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 3h 45m 53.00s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 3h 40m 50.39s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 231.80 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 58.90 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 61.30 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 234.20 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 11' 54.379"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 7 th at 11h 42m 35.0s - 0° 21.2' -16° 48.8' +162° 54.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 7 th at 11h 45m 7.1s + 0° 17.1' -16° 48.7' +163° 33.7'
Least angular distance the 7 th at 13h 34m 27.7s + 27° 47.3' -16° 45.5' ---
Egress, interior contact the 7 th at 15h 23m 50.4s + 55° 18.0' -16° 42.2' +246° 50.3'
Egress, exterior contact the 7 th at 15h 26m 22.5s + 55° 56.2' -16° 42.1' +247° 29.3'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 3h 43m 47.51s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 3h 38m 43.33s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 11' 58.523"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.