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2003 May 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 65.18s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2003/5/7 at 7h 20m 32.21s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
46° 20' 18.663". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
+0° 12' 0.40". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
46° 20' 18.663". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.50". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.72". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
15.73". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
15' 51.1". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
6.02". |
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 5h 10m 21.6s |
+123° 18.0' |
+67° 30.8' |
-101° 38.0' |
+16° 57.4' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 5h 14m 47.2s |
+122° 51.0' |
+68° 1.9' |
-100° 31.3' |
+16° 57.4' |
| Least angular distance |
the 7 th at 7h 52m 36.7s |
+ 58° 12.6' |
+58° 48.4' |
- 60° 53.9' |
+16° 54.4' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 10h 29m 54.6s |
+ 74° 24.4' |
+20° 25.6' |
- 21° 24.5' |
+16° 51.4' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 7 th at 10h 34m 20.2s |
+ 75° 15.1' |
+19° 40.3' |
- 20° 17.8' |
+16° 51.3' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 23m 58.68s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 15m 7.45s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 134.73 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -33.75 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -35.47 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 136.44 R
- Least topocentric distance : 11' 41.324"
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 5h 12m 55.3s |
-100° 59.4' |
+16° 57.4' |
+ 15° 15.8' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 5h 17m 23.3s |
- 99° 52.1' |
+16° 57.3' |
+ 14° 27.4' |
| Least angular distance |
the 7 th at 7h 52m 22.9s |
- 60° 57.4' |
+16° 54.4' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 7 th at 10h 27m 17.8s |
- 22° 3.8' |
+16° 51.4' |
+291° 43.1' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 7 th at 10h 31m 45.9s |
- 20° 56.6' |
+16° 51.4' |
+290° 54.6' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 5h 18m 50.54s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 9m 54.51s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 11' 48.321"
Map
Map of visibility of the transit - Mercator projection.
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