1937 May 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 24.03s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1937/5/11 at 9h 43m 55.89s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
50° 16' 28.139". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 16' 11.96". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
50° 16' 28.139". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.02". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.70". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
15.83". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
15' 49.9". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
6.05". |
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 8h 29m 13.5s |
-116° 7.4' |
-52° 46.8' |
- 51° 55.1' |
+17° 35.0' |
| Least angular distance |
the 11 th at 8h 59m 41.3s |
-101° 20.6' |
-58° 47.4' |
- 44° 16.3' |
+17° 34.4' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 11 th at 9h 29m 18.7s |
- 84° 15.8' |
-64° 5.4' |
- 36° 50.1' |
+17° 33.9' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 1h 0m 5.14s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 132.56 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -1.65 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 0.05 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 134.26 R
- Least topocentric distance : 15' 48.449"
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 8h 52m 34.1s |
- 46° 3.5' |
+17° 34.5' |
+152° 17.5' |
| Least angular distance |
the 11 th at 8h 59m 17.0s |
- 44° 22.4' |
+17° 34.4' |
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| Egress, exterior contact |
the 11 th at 9h 5m 58.3s |
- 42° 41.6' |
+17° 34.3' |
+155° 30.2' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 0h 13m 24.18s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 15' 55.549"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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