1536 April 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 172.96s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1536/4/24 at 4h 16m 0.18s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
43° 17' 13.734". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 2' 47.25". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
43° 17' 13.734". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.09". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.70". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
15.81". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
15' 49.9". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
6.05". |
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 0h 10m 42.0s |
+ 88° 46.1' |
+17° 42.8' |
-176° 39.8' |
+15° 54.0' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 0h 13m 46.4s |
+ 89° 34.2' |
+17° 35.4' |
-175° 53.5' |
+15° 54.0' |
| Least angular distance |
the 24 th at 4h 8m 25.3s |
-179° 31.1' |
-58° 14.1' |
-116° 59.2' |
+15° 49.5' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 8h 2m 53.8s |
+ 19° 8.7' |
-36° 17.7' |
- 58° 7.5' |
+15° 45.0' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 24 th at 8h 5m 58.3s |
+ 19° 57.8' |
-36° 10.5' |
- 57° 21.2' |
+15° 44.9' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 7h 55m 16.32s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 49m 7.43s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 132.91 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 109.76 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 111.47 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 134.62 R
- Least topocentric distance : 2' 37.301"
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 0h 12m 30.1s |
-176° 12.7' |
+15° 54.0' |
+ 71° 45.3' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 0h 15m 34.6s |
-175° 26.4' |
+15° 53.9' |
+ 71° 53.1' |
| Least angular distance |
the 24 th at 4h 8m 24.3s |
-116° 59.5' |
+15° 49.5' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 8h 1m 5.5s |
- 58° 34.7' |
+15° 45.0' |
+232° 3.6' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 24 th at 8h 4m 10.0s |
- 57° 48.4' |
+15° 45.0' |
+232° 11.4' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 7h 51m 39.88s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 45m 30.90s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 2' 44.386"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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