1526 October the 24th
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 185.79s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1526/10/24 at 3h 51m 53.75s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
219° 58' 31.511". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 9' 25.16". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
219° 58' 31.511". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.05". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.88". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.02". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 9.3". |
| 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 |
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| Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 24 th at 1h 49m 49.0s |
+ 96° 51.5' |
-58° 46.6' |
-148° 41.2' |
-15° 3.4' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 1h 51m 52.8s |
+ 96° 59.0' |
-59° 8.0' |
-148° 10.0' |
-15° 3.3' |
| Least angular distance |
the 24 th at 4h 5m 50.1s |
+ 1° 55.9' |
-59° 55.9' |
-114° 28.6' |
-14° 59.2' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 6h 20m 2.7s |
+ 10° 38.1' |
- 8° 21.2' |
- 80° 43.2' |
-14° 55.0' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 24 th at 6h 22m 6.6s |
+ 11° 2.2' |
- 7° 57.3' |
- 80° 12.1' |
-14° 54.9' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 32m 17.57s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 28m 9.91s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 232.93 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 97.88 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 100.29 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 235.34 R
- Least topocentric distance : 9' 14.990"
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 24 th at 1h 50m 40.3s |
-148° 28.3' |
-15° 3.4' |
+151° 57.9' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 1h 52m 44.4s |
-147° 57.1' |
-15° 3.3' |
+152° 22.7' |
| Least angular distance |
the 24 th at 4h 5m 55.8s |
-114° 27.1' |
-14° 59.1' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 6h 19m 11.2s |
- 80° 56.2' |
-14° 55.0' |
+261° 14.3' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 24 th at 6h 21m 15.2s |
- 80° 25.0' |
-14° 54.9' |
+261° 39.1' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 30m 34.95s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 26m 26.77s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 9' 19.120"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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