2177 November the 9th and the 10th
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 344.07s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2177/11/9 at 22h 56m 25.22s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
227° 56' 53.770". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 8' 35.01". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
227° 56' 53.770". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.34". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.87". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.02". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 8.3". |
| 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 |
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| Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 9 th at 20h 47m 20.4s |
+ 22° 56.7' |
-52° 53.2' |
+135° 44.4' |
-17° 21.8' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 20h 49m 19.9s |
+ 23° 8.9' |
-53° 12.0' |
+136° 14.5' |
-17° 21.8' |
| Least angular distance |
the 9 th at 23h 9m 12.9s |
- 66° 6.7' |
-60° 37.9' |
+171° 25.7' |
-17° 17.7' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 1h 29m 20.9s |
- 62° 0.2' |
- 7° 5.7' |
-153° 19.4' |
-17° 13.6' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 10 th at 1h 31m 20.4s |
- 61° 37.1' |
- 6° 45.0' |
-152° 49.4' |
-17° 13.5' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 44m 0.02s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 4h 40m 0.97s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 232.16 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 109.32 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 111.72 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 234.56 R
- Least topocentric distance : 8' 25.626"
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 20h 48m 10.1s |
+135° 56.9' |
-17° 21.8' |
+146° 19.7' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 20h 50m 9.8s |
+136° 27.0' |
-17° 21.7' |
+146° 41.5' |
| Least angular distance |
the 9 th at 23h 9m 18.9s |
+171° 27.2' |
-17° 17.7' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 10 th at 1h 28m 31.0s |
-153° 32.0' |
-17° 13.6' |
+262° 28.0' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 10 th at 1h 30m 30.8s |
-153° 1.9' |
-17° 13.6' |
+262° 49.8' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 4h 42m 20.69s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 4h 38m 21.25s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 8' 29.765"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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