1927 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 24.10s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1927/11/10 at 5h 42m 19.43s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
226° 49' 51.381". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 2' 9.73". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
226° 49' 51.381". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.37". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.88". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.01". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 9.2". |
| 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 10 th at 3h 1m 16.7s |
+129° 27.8' |
-31° 18.9' |
-130° 53.5' |
-16° 59.1' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 3h 2m 58.8s |
+129° 51.0' |
-31° 23.2' |
-130° 27.8' |
-16° 59.1' |
| Least angular distance |
the 10 th at 5h 45m 32.1s |
+ 32° 27.3' |
-60° 22.7' |
- 89° 34.4' |
-16° 54.3' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 8h 28m 11.4s |
+ 35° 18.3' |
+16° 24.3' |
- 48° 39.6' |
-16° 49.5' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 10 th at 8h 29m 53.5s |
+ 35° 42.0' |
+16° 28.6' |
- 48° 13.9' |
-16° 49.4' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 28m 36.88s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 25m 12.65s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 233.32 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 202.18 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 204.59 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 235.73 R
- Least topocentric distance : 2' 4.578"
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 1m 59.0s |
-130° 42.8' |
-16° 59.1' |
+122° 42.0' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 3h 3m 41.2s |
-130° 17.1' |
-16° 59.1' |
+122° 46.6' |
| Least angular distance |
the 10 th at 5h 45m 33.3s |
- 89° 34.1' |
-16° 54.3' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 8h 27m 29.1s |
- 48° 50.2' |
-16° 49.5' |
+287° 3.2' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 10 th at 8h 29m 11.2s |
- 48° 24.6' |
-16° 49.4' |
+287° 7.8' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 27m 12.17s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 23m 47.93s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 2' 8.701"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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