1993 November the 6th
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 60.00s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1993/11/6 at 3h 32m 57.72s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
223° 44' 13.177". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 15' 37.13". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
223° 44' 13.177". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.17". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.87". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.03". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 8.2". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
4.99". |
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 6 th at 3h 3m 34.8s |
+ 24° 8.4' |
-73° 0.8' |
-129° 58.9' |
-16° 13.5' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 3h 9m 12.7s |
+ 20° 5.5' |
-72° 9.5' |
-128° 33.9' |
-16° 13.3' |
| Least angular distance |
the 6 th at 3h 56m 14.6s |
+ 2° 3.6' |
-60° 23.9' |
-116° 44.1' |
-16° 11.9' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 4h 43m 50.9s |
+ 1° 6.5' |
-45° 30.7' |
-104° 45.7' |
-16° 10.5' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 6 th at 4h 49m 28.8s |
+ 1° 31.7' |
-43° 47.9' |
-103° 20.7' |
-16° 10.3' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 1h 45m 54.08s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 1h 34m 38.21s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 231.44 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 8.76 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 11.15 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 233.84 R
- Least topocentric distance : 15' 22.591"
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 6 th at 3h 5m 51.2s |
-129° 24.5' |
-16° 13.4' |
+188° 5.0' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 3h 11m 44.7s |
-127° 55.6' |
-16° 13.3' |
+190° 2.0' |
| Least angular distance |
the 6 th at 3h 56m 31.7s |
-116° 39.8' |
-16° 11.9' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 4h 41m 18.8s |
-105° 24.0' |
-16° 10.6' |
+221° 33.5' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 6 th at 4h 47m 12.3s |
-103° 55.1' |
-16° 10.4' |
+223° 30.5' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 1h 41m 21.02s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 1h 29m 34.13s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 15' 26.739"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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