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2098 November the 10th



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 195.13s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2098/11/10 at 7h 11m 13.96s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 228° 26' 31.646".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury -0° 3' 36.17".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 228° 26' 31.647".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.85".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.88".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 13.02".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 8.8".
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 10 th at 4h 34m 43.1s +150° 36.9' -35° 35.9' -107° 30.8' -17° 26.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 10 th at 4h 36m 27.1s +150° 59.0' -35° 43.2' -107° 4.6' -17° 26.5'
Least angular distance the 10 th at 7h 16m 36.1s + 56° 22.5' -60° 33.6' - 66° 47.5' -17° 21.9'
Egress, interior contact the 10 th at 9h 56m 52.6s + 59° 9.9' +10° 57.4' - 26° 28.6' -17° 17.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 10 th at 9h 58m 36.6s + 59° 33.0' +11° 4.9' - 26° 2.4' -17° 17.1'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 23m 53.48s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 20m 25.51s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 232.91 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 181.04 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 183.45 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 235.32 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 3' 30.553"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 10 th at 4h 35m 26.3s -107° 19.9' -17° 26.5' +127° 21.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 10 th at 4h 37m 10.3s -106° 53.7' -17° 26.5' +127° 29.7'
Least angular distance the 10 th at 7h 16m 36.3s - 66° 47.5' -17° 21.9' ---
Egress, interior contact the 10 th at 9h 56m 9.4s - 26° 39.4' -17° 17.2' +281° 22.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 10 th at 9h 57m 53.4s - 26° 13.3' -17° 17.2' +281° 30.1'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 22m 27.13s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 18m 59.11s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 3' 34.681"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.