1565 October the 31st
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 136.02s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1565/10/31 at 9h 14m 30.30s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
227° 47' 50.418". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
+0° 15' 39.11". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
227° 47' 50.418". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.73". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.90". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
12.99". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 10.8". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
4.97". |
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 31 st at 7h 59m 23.7s |
-127° 57.1' |
+44° 5.1' |
- 56° 27.3' |
-16° 57.8' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 31 st at 8h 4m 52.9s |
-125° 29.0' |
+45° 44.6' |
- 55° 4.5' |
-16° 57.6' |
| Least angular distance |
the 31 st at 8h 51m 43.8s |
- 99° 18.1' |
+60° 4.6' |
- 43° 17.4' |
-16° 56.2' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 31 st at 9h 38m 51.4s |
- 55° 19.2' |
+70° 40.6' |
- 31° 26.1' |
-16° 54.9' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 31 st at 9h 44m 20.7s |
- 48° 41.7' |
+71° 18.2' |
- 30° 3.3' |
-16° 54.7' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 1h 44m 56.99s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 1h 33m 58.49s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 235.68 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -9.08 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -11.51 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 238.11 R
- Least topocentric distance : 15' 24.546"
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 31 st at 8h 1m 35.2s |
- 55° 54.2' |
-16° 57.7' |
+ 42° 34.2' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 31 st at 8h 7m 19.1s |
- 54° 27.7' |
-16° 57.5' |
+ 40° 38.1' |
| Least angular distance |
the 31 st at 8h 51m 52.4s |
- 43° 15.2' |
-16° 56.2' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 31 st at 9h 36m 25.5s |
- 32° 2.8' |
-16° 54.9' |
+ 8° 36.6' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 31 st at 9h 42m 9.4s |
- 30° 36.3' |
-16° 54.8' |
+ 6° 40.4' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 1h 40m 34.12s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 1h 29m 6.41s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 15' 28.632"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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