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2249 November the 16th



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 514.66s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2249/11/16 at 15h 27m 37.41s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 234° 12' 31.047".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury +0° 9' 58.22".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 234° 12' 31.047".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.34".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.88".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 13.00".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 9.5".
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 16 th at 13h 1m 24.6s - 65° 22.6' +13° 42.8' + 18° 56.9' -18° 42.4'
Ingress, interior contact the 16 th at 13h 3m 31.4s - 64° 41.9' +14° 8.4' + 19° 28.8' -18° 42.3'
Least angular distance the 16 th at 15h 12m 56.8s + 0° 35.9' +60° 47.9' + 52° 2.4' -18° 38.7'
Egress, interior contact the 16 th at 17h 22m 32.1s +144° 10.7' +54° 58.1' + 84° 38.4' -18° 35.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 16 th at 17h 24m 39.0s +145° 8.6' +54° 36.0' + 85° 10.4' -18° 35.1'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 4h 23m 14.42s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 19m 0.69s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 234.37 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -90.63 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -93.05 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 236.79 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 9' 47.476"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 16 th at 13h 2m 17.0s + 19° 10.1' -18° 42.3' + 75° 23.1'
Ingress, interior contact the 16 th at 13h 4m 24.2s + 19° 42.1' -18° 42.3' + 74° 55.7'
Least angular distance the 16 th at 15h 12m 59.8s + 52° 3.1' -18° 38.7' ---
Egress, interior contact the 16 th at 17h 21m 39.6s + 84° 25.2' -18° 35.2' +330° 14.2'
Egress, exterior contact the 16 th at 17h 23m 46.8s + 84° 57.2' -18° 35.1' +329° 46.9'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 4h 21m 29.75s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 17m 15.39s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 9' 51.580"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.