2466 November the 18th
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 1229.38s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2466/11/18 at 21h 41m 35.51s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
236° 52' 21.717". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
+0° 10' 16.95". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
236° 52' 21.717". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.75". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.88". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.00". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 9.2". |
| 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 |
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| Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 18 th at 19h 17m 21.1s |
+ 29° 32.1' |
+15° 54.0' |
+112° 51.5' |
-19° 18.4' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 18 th at 19h 19m 30.8s |
+ 30° 14.5' |
+16° 20.8' |
+113° 24.1' |
-19° 18.3' |
| Least angular distance |
the 18 th at 21h 26m 24.1s |
+ 96° 1.4' |
+61° 3.8' |
+145° 19.5' |
-19° 14.9' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 18 th at 23h 33m 28.1s |
-124° 30.1' |
+55° 7.4' |
+177° 17.5' |
-19° 11.5' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 18 th at 23h 35m 37.7s |
-123° 29.0' |
+54° 44.4' |
+177° 50.2' |
-19° 11.5' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 18m 16.59s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 13m 57.34s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 234.13 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -85.74 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -88.15 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 236.55 R
- Least topocentric distance : 10' 7.079"
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 18 th at 19h 18m 14.7s |
+113° 4.9' |
-19° 18.3' |
+ 72° 59.9' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 18 th at 19h 20m 24.7s |
+113° 37.7' |
-19° 18.3' |
+ 72° 31.0' |
| Least angular distance |
the 18 th at 21h 26m 27.4s |
+145° 20.3' |
-19° 14.9' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 18 th at 23h 32m 34.3s |
+177° 4.0' |
-19° 11.6' |
+330° 49.5' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 18 th at 23h 34m 44.3s |
+177° 36.7' |
-19° 11.5' |
+330° 20.6' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 16m 29.60s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 12m 9.62s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 10' 11.186"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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