1690 November the 10th
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 8.91s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1690/11/10 at 6h 1m 10.94s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
228° 20' 26.360". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
+0° 12' 29.66". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
228° 20' 26.360". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.26". |
| 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 10 th at 3h 55m 31.6s |
+161° 17.2' |
+23° 33.8' |
-117° 27.4' |
-17° 10.8' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 3h 58m 6.3s |
+162° 10.5' |
+24° 13.0' |
-116° 48.5' |
-17° 10.7' |
| Least angular distance |
the 10 th at 5h 42m 54.6s |
-146° 15.7' |
+60° 11.3' |
- 90° 26.6' |
-17° 7.7' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 7h 27m 55.2s |
- 21° 56.2' |
+66° 24.0' |
- 64° 1.7' |
-17° 4.6' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 10 th at 7h 30m 29.9s |
- 20° 0.9' |
+65° 57.1' |
- 63° 22.7' |
-17° 4.5' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 3h 34m 58.36s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 3h 29m 48.87s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 235.25 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -54.44 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -56.86 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 237.68 R
- Least topocentric distance : 12' 17.988"
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 10 th at 3h 56m 35.2s |
-117° 11.4' |
-17° 10.8' |
+ 65° 3.7' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 3h 59m 10.8s |
-116° 32.2' |
-17° 10.7' |
+ 64° 21.7' |
| Least angular distance |
the 10 th at 5h 42m 59.3s |
- 90° 25.4' |
-17° 7.7' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 7h 26m 50.9s |
- 64° 17.8' |
-17° 4.6' |
+344° 33.6' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 10 th at 7h 29m 26.5s |
- 63° 38.7' |
-17° 4.6' |
+343° 51.6' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 3h 32m 51.39s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 3h 27m 40.07s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 12' 22.080"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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