2496 May 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 1349.75s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2496/5/15 at 1h 54m 53.72s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
55° 34' 30.254". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 8' 5.66". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
55° 34' 30.254". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.12". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.72". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
15.77". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
15' 51.0". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
6.03". |
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 22h 4m 38.3s |
+ 63° 59.7' |
- 5° 3.2' |
+151° 36.6' |
+19° 2.4' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 14 th at 22h 8m 5.9s |
+ 64° 59.6' |
- 5° 26.9' |
+152° 28.7' |
+19° 2.3' |
| Least angular distance |
the 15 th at 1h 33m 4.0s |
+150° 31.4' |
-59° 33.6' |
-156° 3.6' |
+18° 58.6' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 15 th at 4h 57m 40.3s |
- 39° 54.6' |
-50° 3.0' |
-104° 41.4' |
+18° 55.0' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 15 th at 5h 1m 8.0s |
- 38° 43.1' |
-49° 41.5' |
-103° 49.2' |
+18° 54.9' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 6h 56m 29.63s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 6h 49m 34.41s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 133.94 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 66.27 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 67.98 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 135.65 R
- Least topocentric distance : 7' 50.417"
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 22h 6m 39.5s |
+152° 7.0' |
+19° 2.3' |
+ 95° 33.5' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 14 th at 22h 10m 7.6s |
+152° 59.3' |
+19° 2.3' |
+ 95° 58.9' |
| Least angular distance |
the 15 th at 1h 32m 57.3s |
-156° 5.3' |
+18° 58.6' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 15 th at 4h 55m 38.7s |
-105° 11.9' |
+18° 55.0' |
+215° 33.0' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 15 th at 4h 59m 6.8s |
-104° 19.7' |
+18° 54.9' |
+215° 58.4' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 6h 52m 27.29s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 45m 31.05s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 7' 57.455"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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