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1697 November the 3rd



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 7.29s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 1697/11/3 at 5h 25m 16.82s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 221° 34' 30.903".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury -0° 10' 54.82".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 221° 34' 30.903".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.62".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.88".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 13.03".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 9.0".
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
Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 3 rd at 3h 37m 1.3s +116° 11.1' -63° 45.7' -121° 49.0' -15° 33.4'
Ingress, interior contact the 3 rd at 3h 39m 17.3s +116° 3.1' -64° 10.9' -121° 14.8' -15° 33.4'
Least angular distance the 3 rd at 5h 41m 27.2s + 26° 58.2' -60° 6.1' - 90° 31.2' -15° 29.6'
Egress, interior contact the 3 rd at 7h 43m 56.3s + 33° 40.8' -15° 12.8' - 59° 42.8' -15° 25.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 3 rd at 7h 46m 12.3s + 34° 5.6' -14° 42.6' - 59° 8.6' -15° 25.8'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 4h 9m 10.94s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 4m 38.91s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 232.50 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 76.43 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 78.83 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 234.91 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 10' 42.993"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 3 rd at 3h 37m 57.7s -121° 34.8' -15° 33.4' +158° 9.2'
Ingress, interior contact the 3 rd at 3h 40m 14.1s -121° 0.5' -15° 33.3' +158° 40.8'
Least angular distance the 3 rd at 5h 41m 35.0s - 90° 29.3' -15° 29.6' ---
Egress, interior contact the 3 rd at 7h 42m 59.4s - 59° 57.1' -15° 25.9' +254° 5.7'
Egress, exterior contact the 3 rd at 7h 45m 15.9s - 59° 22.8' -15° 25.8' +254° 37.2'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 4h 7m 18.21s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 2m 45.25s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 10' 47.128"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.