2016 May the 9th
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 82.21s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2016/5/9 at 15h 11m 51.81s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
49° 25' 1.053". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 5' 24.60". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
49° 25' 1.053". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.67". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.71". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
15.79". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
15' 50.4". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
6.04". |
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 9 th at 11h 10m 11.1s |
-103° 21.6' |
+ 6° 46.2' |
- 11° 50.3' |
+17° 34.1' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 11h 13m 22.8s |
-102° 29.3' |
+ 6° 31.4' |
- 11° 2.2' |
+17° 34.0' |
| Least angular distance |
the 9 th at 14h 57m 14.0s |
- 12° 54.3' |
-58° 52.0' |
+ 45° 9.8' |
+17° 29.9' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 18h 40m 50.6s |
+173° 21.2' |
-43° 3.9' |
+101° 18.1' |
+17° 25.7' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 9 th at 18h 44m 2.4s |
+174° 17.6' |
-42° 49.8' |
+102° 6.2' |
+17° 25.7' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 7h 33m 51.27s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 27m 27.72s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 133.43 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 88.42 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 90.13 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 135.14 R
- Least topocentric distance : 5' 11.476"
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 9 th at 11h 12m 3.3s |
- 11° 22.1' |
+17° 34.1' |
+ 83° 5.5' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 11h 15m 15.2s |
- 10° 33.9' |
+17° 34.0' |
+ 83° 21.2' |
| Least angular distance |
the 9 th at 14h 57m 10.0s |
+ 45° 8.8' |
+17° 29.9' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 18h 38m 58.1s |
+100° 49.8' |
+17° 25.8' |
+224° 11.1' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 9 th at 18h 42m 10.1s |
+101° 38.0' |
+17° 25.7' |
+224° 26.7' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 7h 30m 6.78s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 23m 42.87s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 5' 18.537"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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