1736 November the 11th
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 11.12s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1736/11/11 at 10h 50m 27.89s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
229° 23' 12.416". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
+0° 14' 12.01". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
229° 23' 12.416". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.13". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.89". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
12.99". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 10.5". |
| 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 11 th at 9h 6m 1.5s |
-116° 47.4' |
+33° 21.7' |
- 39° 49.2' |
-17° 25.3' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 11 th at 9h 9m 21.3s |
-115° 30.8' |
+34° 18.1' |
- 38° 59.0' |
-17° 25.2' |
| Least angular distance |
the 11 th at 10h 29m 43.9s |
- 73° 39.8' |
+60° 15.0' |
- 18° 45.8' |
-17° 22.8' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 11 th at 11h 50m 21.4s |
+ 18° 42.1' |
+71° 0.6' |
+ 1° 31.1' |
-17° 20.5' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 11 th at 11h 53m 41.2s |
+ 22° 26.3' |
+70° 41.9' |
+ 2° 21.4' |
-17° 20.4' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 2h 47m 39.71s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 2h 41m 0.08s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 235.39 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -29.87 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -32.29 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 237.81 R
- Least topocentric distance : 13' 58.914"
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 11 th at 9h 7m 23.1s |
- 39° 28.7' |
-17° 25.2' |
+ 54° 26.8' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 11 th at 9h 10m 45.5s |
- 38° 37.8' |
-17° 25.1' |
+ 53° 24.7' |
| Least angular distance |
the 11 th at 10h 29m 50.3s |
- 18° 44.2' |
-17° 22.8' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 11 th at 11h 48m 57.4s |
+ 1° 10.0' |
-17° 20.6' |
+354° 51.3' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 11 th at 11h 52m 19.8s |
+ 2° 0.9' |
-17° 20.5' |
+353° 49.3' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 2h 44m 56.65s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 2h 38m 11.90s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 14' 3.004"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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