2282 November the 14th and the 15th
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 603.90s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2282/11/15 at 2h 27m 19.42s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
232° 38' 57.928". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
+0° 3' 19.94". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
232° 38' 57.928". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.11". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.88". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.01". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 9.0". |
| 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 |
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| Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 14 th at 23h 40m 10.4s |
+ 85° 52.7' |
-11° 6.8' |
+178° 42.7' |
-18° 25.8' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 14 th at 23h 41m 53.8s |
+ 86° 20.5' |
-10° 59.7' |
+179° 8.7' |
-18° 25.8' |
| Least angular distance |
the 15 th at 2h 22m 23.2s |
+166° 24.7' |
+60° 48.3' |
-140° 28.9' |
-18° 21.3' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 15 th at 5h 2m 57.6s |
- 23° 26.8' |
+32° 45.2' |
-100° 5.3' |
-18° 16.8' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 15 th at 5h 4m 40.9s |
- 22° 58.0' |
+32° 38.3' |
- 99° 39.3' |
-18° 16.8' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 24m 30.49s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 21m 3.87s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 233.53 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -185.59 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -188.00 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 235.94 R
- Least topocentric distance : 3' 13.804"
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 14 th at 23h 40m 53.3s |
+178° 53.5' |
-18° 25.8' |
+101° 35.5' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 14 th at 23h 42m 36.6s |
+179° 19.5' |
-18° 25.8' |
+101° 28.0' |
| Least angular distance |
the 15 th at 2h 22m 23.7s |
-140° 28.8' |
-18° 21.3' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 15 th at 5h 2m 14.8s |
-100° 16.0' |
-18° 16.8' |
+304° 44.3' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 15 th at 5h 3m 58.2s |
- 99° 50.0' |
-18° 16.8' |
+304° 36.8' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 23m 4.85s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 19m 38.20s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 3' 17.921"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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