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2361 November the 14th



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 845.88s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2361/11/14 at 18h 13m 6.10s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 232° 9' 40.646".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury -0° 1' 34.47".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 232° 9' 40.646".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.42".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.88".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 13.02".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 8.6".
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 14 th at 15h 30m 11.2s - 42° 41.4' -27° 35.3' + 56° 16.7' -18° 22.6'
Ingress, interior contact the 14 th at 15h 31m 53.2s - 42° 17.6' -27° 38.4' + 56° 42.3' -18° 22.5'
Least angular distance the 14 th at 18h 15m 27.2s -135° 57.5' -60° 52.6' + 97° 51.1' -18° 17.9'
Egress, interior contact the 14 th at 20h 59m 7.2s -137° 33.7' +16° 39.1' +139° 1.4' -18° 13.3'
Egress, exterior contact the 14 th at 21h 0m 49.2s -137° 9.8' +16° 42.1' +139° 27.1' -18° 13.3'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 30m 37.91s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 27m 13.98s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 232.81 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 210.13 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 212.54 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 235.21 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 1' 29.740"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 14 th at 15h 30m 53.6s + 56° 27.3' -18° 22.5' +119° 0.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 14 th at 15h 32m 35.6s + 56° 53.0' -18° 22.5' +119° 3.8'
Least angular distance the 14 th at 18h 15m 26.6s + 97° 51.0' -18° 17.9' ---
Egress, interior contact the 14 th at 20h 58m 24.8s +138° 50.8' -18° 13.4' +287° 27.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 14 th at 21h 0m 6.8s +139° 16.4' -18° 13.3' +287° 31.0'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 29m 13.19s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 25m 49.25s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 1' 33.869"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.