2095 May 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 189.44s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2095/5/8 at 20h 51m 26.84s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
48° 34' 13.683". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
+0° 5' 15.40". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
48° 34' 13.683". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.49". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.71". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
15.75". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
15' 51.0". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
6.02". |
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 17h 18m 51.6s |
- 25° 44.9' |
+42° 53.0' |
+ 80° 22.5' |
+17° 29.6' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 8 th at 17h 22m 1.1s |
- 25° 6.0' |
+43° 6.4' |
+ 81° 10.1' |
+17° 29.6' |
| Least angular distance |
the 8 th at 21h 5m 32.4s |
-101° 45.7' |
+58° 56.7' |
+137° 17.1' |
+17° 25.4' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 0h 48m 50.7s |
- 79° 27.3' |
- 6° 56.0' |
-166° 39.1' |
+17° 21.2' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 9 th at 0h 52m 0.3s |
- 78° 44.6' |
- 7° 10.0' |
-165° 51.5' |
+17° 21.2' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 7h 33m 8.74s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 26m 49.51s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 134.33 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -90.30 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -92.01 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 136.04 R
- Least topocentric distance : 5' 2.758"
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 17h 20m 41.9s |
+ 80° 50.2' |
+17° 29.6' |
+ 44° 38.8' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 8 th at 17h 23m 51.7s |
+ 81° 37.9' |
+17° 29.5' |
+ 44° 23.9' |
| Least angular distance |
the 8 th at 21h 5m 25.7s |
+137° 15.5' |
+17° 25.4' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 0h 46m 59.7s |
-167° 7.0' |
+17° 21.2' |
+262° 55.3' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 9 th at 0h 50m 9.5s |
-166° 19.3' |
+17° 21.2' |
+262° 40.4' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 7h 29m 27.59s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 23m 8.03s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 5' 9.776"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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