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2407 November the 15th and 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 1005.19s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2407/11/15 at 23h 3m 26.51s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 233° 13' 3.787".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury +0° 0' 10.62".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 233° 13' 3.787".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.43".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.88".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 13.01".
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 15 th at 20h 17m 13.2s + 31° 22.3' -21° 25.0' +127° 59.2' -18° 36.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 15 th at 20h 18m 54.6s + 31° 47.5' -21° 24.5' +128° 24.7' -18° 36.5'
Least angular distance the 15 th at 23h 3m 10.1s +116° 52.1' +60° 56.6' +169° 43.9' -18° 31.9'
Egress, interior contact the 16 th at 1h 47m 30.8s - 67° 42.4' +22° 9.0' -148° 55.5' -18° 27.3'
Egress, exterior contact the 16 th at 1h 49m 12.2s - 67° 17.3' +22° 8.5' -148° 30.0' -18° 27.3'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 31m 59.00s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 28m 36.14s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 232.97 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -230.33 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -232.73 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 235.37 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 0' 6.802"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 15 th at 20h 17m 55.4s +128° 9.8' -18° 36.5' +112° 29.4'
Ingress, interior contact the 15 th at 20h 19m 36.8s +128° 35.3' -18° 36.4' +112° 28.9'
Least angular distance the 15 th at 23h 3m 10.3s +169° 44.0' -18° 31.9' ---
Egress, interior contact the 16 th at 1h 46m 48.7s -149° 6.1' -18° 27.4' +293° 20.9'
Egress, exterior contact the 16 th at 1h 48m 30.1s -148° 40.5' -18° 27.3' +293° 20.3'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 30m 34.76s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 27m 11.91s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 0' 10.928"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.