1598 November the 8th
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 99.95s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1598/11/8 at 20h 21m 50.89s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
226° 14' 32.663". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
+0° 9' 5.20". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
226° 14' 32.663". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.22". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.89". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.00". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 10.4". |
| 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 8 th at 17h 51m 2.4s |
+ 4° 41.5' |
+ 7° 50.8' |
+ 91° 25.2' |
-16° 39.8' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 8 th at 17h 53m 3.0s |
+ 5° 18.2' |
+ 8° 13.4' |
+ 91° 55.5' |
-16° 39.8' |
| Least angular distance |
the 8 th at 20h 8m 32.7s |
+ 68° 21.7' |
+60° 4.7' |
+126° 0.5' |
-16° 35.7' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 8 th at 22h 24m 10.5s |
-136° 30.1' |
+54° 50.2' |
+160° 7.6' |
-16° 31.7' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 8 th at 22h 26m 11.1s |
-135° 39.9' |
+54° 30.0' |
+160° 37.9' |
-16° 31.6' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 35m 8.67s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 31m 7.56s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 234.99 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -103.74 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -106.16 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 237.41 R
- Least topocentric distance : 8' 55.149"
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 8 th at 17h 51m 52.2s |
+ 91° 37.7' |
-16° 39.8' |
+ 81° 41.4' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 8 th at 17h 53m 52.9s |
+ 92° 8.1' |
-16° 39.8' |
+ 81° 17.7' |
| Least angular distance |
the 8 th at 20h 8m 36.9s |
+126° 1.6' |
-16° 35.7' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 8 th at 22h 23m 20.7s |
+159° 55.0' |
-16° 31.7' |
+328° 53.1' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 8 th at 22h 25m 21.5s |
+160° 25.4' |
-16° 31.7' |
+328° 29.4' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 33m 29.34s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 29m 27.78s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 8' 59.247"
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