1756 November the 7th
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 12.70s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1756/11/7 at 4h 9m 28.21s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
225° 13' 47.293". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 0' 43.26". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
225° 13' 47.293". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.23". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.89". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.01". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 9.6". |
| 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 7 th at 1h 25m 13.1s |
+107° 23.0' |
-27° 0.5' |
-154° 56.1' |
-16° 31.0' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 1h 26m 54.2s |
+107° 47.4' |
-27° 1.9' |
-154° 30.7' |
-16° 31.0' |
| Least angular distance |
the 7 th at 4h 10m 31.7s |
+ 7° 33.6' |
-60° 12.2' |
-113° 21.3' |
-16° 26.1' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 6h 54m 14.4s |
+ 10° 7.7' |
+21° 47.4' |
- 72° 10.5' |
-16° 21.1' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 7 th at 6h 55m 55.5s |
+ 10° 32.1' |
+21° 48.7' |
- 71° 45.1' |
-16° 21.1' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 30m 42.43s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 27m 20.20s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 233.70 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 223.39 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 225.80 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 236.11 R
- Least topocentric distance : 0' 38.451"
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 7 th at 1h 25m 55.0s |
-154° 45.6' |
-16° 31.0' |
+118° 4.3' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 1h 27m 36.1s |
-154° 20.2' |
-16° 30.9' |
+118° 5.8' |
| Least angular distance |
the 7 th at 4h 10m 32.2s |
-113° 21.1' |
-16° 26.1' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 6h 53m 32.5s |
- 72° 21.0' |
-16° 21.2' |
+292° 39.8' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 7 th at 6h 55m 13.7s |
- 71° 55.6' |
-16° 21.1' |
+292° 41.2' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 29m 18.64s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 25m 56.41s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 0' 42.569"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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