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2111 November the 13th and the 14th



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 216.91s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on 2111/11/14 at 1h 0m 16.75s.
Geocentric longitude of Mercury 231° 2' 35.173".
Geocentric latitude of Mercury +0° 4' 45.83".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 231° 2' 35.173".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun -0° 0' 0.54".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.88".
Equatorial parallax of Mercury 13.01".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 9.4".
True semi-diameter of Mercury 4.98".


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 13 th at 22h 14m 55.1s + 66° 7.6' - 6° 41.5' +157° 24.4' -18° 0.5'
Ingress, interior contact the 13 th at 22h 16m 40.6s + 66° 37.0' - 6° 31.1' +157° 50.9' -18° 0.4'
Least angular distance the 14 th at 0h 53m 13.9s +142° 57.9' +60° 37.0' -162° 46.1' -17° 56.0'
Egress, interior contact the 14 th at 3h 29m 52.6s - 49° 11.3' +38° 7.6' -123° 21.8' -17° 51.5'
Egress, exterior contact the 14 th at 3h 31m 38.1s - 48° 39.9' +37° 57.7' -122° 55.3' -17° 51.5'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 16m 42.98s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 5h 13m 11.94s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 233.91 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -165.20 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -167.61 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 236.33 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 4' 39.218"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Mercury being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 13 th at 22h 15m 38.9s +157° 35.4' -18° 0.5' + 96° 55.0'
Ingress, interior contact the 13 th at 22h 17m 24.4s +158° 1.9' -18° 0.4' + 96° 44.1'
Least angular distance the 14 th at 0h 53m 14.4s -162° 46.0' -17° 56.0' ---
Egress, interior contact the 14 th at 3h 29m 8.9s -123° 32.8' -17° 51.5' +310° 30.0'
Egress, exterior contact the 14 th at 3h 30m 54.5s -123° 6.2' -17° 51.5' +310° 19.1'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 5h 15m 15.63s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 5h 11m 44.50s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 4' 43.331"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.