1559 October the 22nd
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 143.20s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1559/10/22 at 14h 48m 23.78s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
218° 24' 48.919". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 16' 8.76". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
218° 24' 48.919". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.39". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.88". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.03". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 8.8". |
| 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 22 nd at 14h 39m 47.6s |
+173° 58.9' |
-69° 11.2' |
+ 44° 1.7' |
-14° 36.2' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 22 nd at 14h 49m 53.8s |
+170° 44.5' |
-66° 31.9' |
+ 46° 34.1' |
-14° 35.9' |
| Least angular distance |
the 22 nd at 15h 12m 21.9s |
+167° 1.5' |
-59° 56.3' |
+ 52° 13.1' |
-14° 35.2' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 22 nd at 15h 35m 24.3s |
+166° 27.8' |
-52° 43.4' |
+ 58° 0.8' |
-14° 34.5' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 22 nd at 15h 45m 30.5s |
+166° 53.0' |
-49° 32.9' |
+ 60° 33.3' |
-14° 34.1' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 1h 5m 42.91s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 0h 45m 30.52s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 232.01 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 1.24 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 3.64 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 234.41 R
- Least topocentric distance : 15' 54.486"
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 22 nd at 14h 43m 34.5s |
+ 44° 58.7' |
-14° 36.1' |
+197° 7.3' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 22 nd at 14h 55m 44.4s |
+ 48° 2.3' |
-14° 35.7' |
+201° 17.9' |
| Least angular distance |
the 22 nd at 15h 12m 38.6s |
+ 52° 17.4' |
-14° 35.2' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 22 nd at 15h 29m 33.7s |
+ 56° 32.6' |
-14° 34.6' |
+213° 6.1' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 22 nd at 15h 41m 43.6s |
+ 59° 36.2' |
-14° 34.3' |
+217° 16.7' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 0h 58m 9.14s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 0h 33m 49.26s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 15' 58.627"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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