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2049 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 122.14s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2049/5/7 at 14h 0m 33.84s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 47° 27' 16.758".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury +0° 8' 39.62".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 47° 27' 16.758".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.62".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.72".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 15.74".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 15' 51.0".
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
Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 7 th at 11h 1m 4.4s -129° 14.4' +55° 8.9' - 14° 0.9' +17° 13.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 7 th at 11h 4m 36.3s -128° 46.0' +55° 32.2' - 13° 7.7' +17° 13.8'
Least angular distance the 7 th at 14h 23m 47.9s +156° 54.3' +58° 52.6' + 36° 52.8' +17° 10.0'
Egress, interior contact the 7 th at 17h 42m 39.0s +177° 57.7' + 5° 46.2' + 86° 48.2' +17° 6.3'
Egress, exterior contact the 7 th at 17h 46m 10.9s +178° 42.4' + 5° 20.1' + 87° 41.4' +17° 6.2'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 45m 6.49s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 6h 38m 2.68s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 134.53 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -61.67 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -63.39 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 136.25 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 8' 24.805"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 7 th at 11h 3m 7.5s - 13° 30.0' +17° 13.8' + 30° 55.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 7 th at 11h 6m 40.0s - 12° 36.7' +17° 13.7' + 30° 28.2'
Least angular distance the 7 th at 14h 23m 40.4s + 36° 50.9' +17° 10.0' ---
Egress, interior contact the 7 th at 17h 40m 34.8s + 86° 17.0' +17° 6.3' +276° 16.3'
Egress, exterior contact the 7 th at 17h 44m 7.3s + 87° 10.4' +17° 6.3' +275° 48.6'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 6h 40m 59.81s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 33m 54.74s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 8' 31.812"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.