1832 May the 5th
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 6.56s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1832/5/5 at 12h 3m 17.62s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
44° 57' 9.141". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
+0° 8' 12.40". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
44° 57' 9.141". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.34". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.71". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
15.75". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
15' 50.7". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
6.03". |
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 5 th at 8h 58m 11.2s |
-158° 6.1' |
+54° 28.0' |
- 44° 43.9' |
+16° 31.5' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 5 th at 9h 1m 39.6s |
-157° 35.3' |
+54° 50.1' |
- 43° 51.6' |
+16° 31.4' |
| Least angular distance |
the 5 th at 12h 25m 22.3s |
+125° 31.9' |
+58° 35.4' |
+ 7° 16.9' |
+16° 27.6' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 5 th at 15h 48m 46.2s |
+148° 40.7' |
+ 3° 13.6' |
+ 58° 20.7' |
+16° 23.7' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 5 th at 15h 52m 14.6s |
+149° 25.3' |
+ 2° 49.2' |
+ 59° 13.0' |
+16° 23.6' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 6h 54m 3.35s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 6h 47m 6.54s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 134.15 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -65.32 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -67.03 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 135.87 R
- Least topocentric distance : 7' 57.721"
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 5 th at 9h 0m 12.5s |
- 44° 13.5' |
+16° 31.5' |
+ 32° 4.0' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 5 th at 9h 3m 41.4s |
- 43° 21.0' |
+16° 31.4' |
+ 31° 38.3' |
| Least angular distance |
the 5 th at 12h 25m 14.1s |
+ 7° 14.8' |
+16° 27.6' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 5 th at 15h 46m 43.9s |
+ 57° 50.0' |
+16° 23.7' |
+273° 35.7' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 5 th at 15h 50m 12.8s |
+ 58° 42.4' |
+16° 23.7' |
+273° 9.9' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 6h 50m 0.33s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 43m 2.46s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 8' 4.746"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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