2210 November 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 418.11s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 2210/11/9 at 9h 50m 6.41s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
226° 23' 23.806". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 15' 20.46". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
226° 23' 23.806". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
+0° 0' 0.62". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.87". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
13.04". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
16' 7.8". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
4.99". |
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 9h 13m 1.2s |
+128° 30.3' |
-73° 24.4' |
- 37° 37.2' |
-16° 59.1' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 9h 17m 54.8s |
+124° 30.2' |
-72° 58.4' |
- 36° 23.4' |
-16° 58.9' |
| Least angular distance |
the 9 th at 10h 13m 2.9s |
+ 98° 18.3' |
-60° 38.3' |
- 22° 31.3' |
-16° 57.3' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 11h 8m 45.4s |
+ 96° 53.7' |
-43° 17.5' |
- 8° 30.6' |
-16° 55.7' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 9 th at 11h 13m 38.9s |
+ 97° 17.6' |
-41° 50.0' |
- 7° 16.8' |
-16° 55.5' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 2h 0m 37.69s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 1h 50m 50.55s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 231.16 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 12.45 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 14.84 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 233.55 R
- Least topocentric distance : 15' 6.851"
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 9h 15m 0.9s |
- 37° 7.1' |
-16° 59.0' |
+184° 34.4' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 9h 20m 4.1s |
- 35° 50.9' |
-16° 58.9' |
+186° 12.9' |
| Least angular distance |
the 9 th at 10h 13m 20.3s |
- 22° 27.0' |
-16° 57.3' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 9 th at 11h 6m 36.0s |
- 9° 3.1' |
-16° 55.7' |
+223° 52.0' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 9 th at 11h 11m 39.2s |
- 7° 46.9' |
-16° 55.6' |
+225° 30.5' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 1h 56m 38.31s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 1h 46m 31.94s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 15' 11.003"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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