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2483 May the 12th



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 1295.96s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2483/5/12 at 18h 12m 20.96s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 52° 29' 22.464".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury +0° 9' 17.37".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 52° 29' 22.464".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 0.27".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.72".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 15.71".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 51.6".
True semi-diameter of Mercury 6.01".


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 12 th at 15h 21m 2.1s - 66° 54.5' +55° 21.6' + 50° 52.2' +18° 32.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 12 th at 15h 24m 38.9s - 66° 29.6' +55° 46.4' + 51° 46.6' +18° 32.7'
Least angular distance the 12 th at 18h 37m 3.0s -136° 12.5' +59° 29.5' +100° 5.1' +18° 29.1'
Egress, interior contact the 12 th at 21h 49m 4.1s -119° 3.2' + 9° 46.2' +148° 17.7' +18° 25.6'
Egress, exterior contact the 12 th at 21h 52m 40.9s -118° 18.9' + 9° 17.6' +149° 12.1' +18° 25.5'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 31m 38.88s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 6h 24m 25.18s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 135.32 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -56.88 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -58.60 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 137.04 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 9' 1.164"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 12 th at 15h 23m 7.6s + 51° 23.7' +18° 32.7' + 29° 57.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 12 th at 15h 26m 45.2s + 52° 18.3' +18° 32.6' + 29° 27.1'
Least angular distance the 12 th at 18h 36m 54.1s +100° 2.8' +18° 29.1' ---
Egress, interior contact the 12 th at 21h 46m 57.2s +147° 45.9' +18° 25.7' +280° 32.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 12 th at 21h 50m 34.9s +148° 40.5' +18° 25.6' +280° 1.5'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 27m 27.32s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 20m 12.07s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 9' 8.134"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.