1572 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 127.93s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1572/10/24 at 8h 42m 42.84s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
221° 1' 1.862". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 7' 40.36". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
221° 1' 1.862". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.27". |
| 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 6h 27m 26.0s |
+171° 35.8' |
-52° 4.0' |
- 79° 18.1' |
-15° 21.5' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 6h 29m 20.6s |
+171° 51.4' |
-52° 20.8' |
- 78° 49.3' |
-15° 21.4' |
| Least angular distance |
the 24 th at 8h 54m 4.3s |
+ 74° 52.5' |
-59° 59.1' |
- 42° 25.2' |
-15° 17.0' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 11h 19m 0.2s |
+ 83° 35.8' |
- 1° 37.7' |
- 5° 58.1' |
-15° 12.5' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 24 th at 11h 20m 54.9s |
+ 83° 59.2' |
- 1° 19.8' |
- 5° 29.2' |
-15° 12.4' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 53m 28.87s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 49m 39.62s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 233.10 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 122.96 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 125.37 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 235.51 R
- Least topocentric distance : 7' 31.548"
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 6h 28m 13.5s |
- 79° 6.2' |
-15° 21.5' |
+144° 34.4' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 6h 30m 8.3s |
- 78° 37.3' |
-15° 21.4' |
+144° 53.1' |
| Least angular distance |
the 24 th at 8h 54m 8.3s |
- 42° 24.2' |
-15° 16.9' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 24 th at 11h 18m 12.6s |
- 6° 10.0' |
-15° 12.5' |
+268° 11.5' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 24 th at 11h 20m 7.3s |
- 5° 41.2' |
-15° 12.4' |
+268° 30.2' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 51m 53.84s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 48m 4.32s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 7' 35.675"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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