II. Transit of Mercury of 2016, May 9 The beginning of the transite is visible from Eurasia, Africa, east of Northern and South America, Greenland, Arctic, Atlantic, and western part of Indian oceans. The end of the transite is visible from America, Greenland, northeastern part of Asia, Arctic, western part Atlantic, and east of Pacific oceans. Universal time of geocentric conjunction of the Sun and of Mercury h m s in right ascension 2016, May 9, 15 36 32.9 Sun Mercury h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 07 56.025 3 07 56.026 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . + 9.763 - 5.320 o ' " o ' " Declination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +17 35 04.01 +17 29 08.97 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . +39.35 - 66.84 " " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . 8.71 15.79 ' " " Apparent semidiameter. . . . . . . . . . 15 50.37 6.04 Geocentric coordinates of the Sun h m s s h Right ascension . . . . . . . . 3 07 59.84+ 9.764( T-16 ) o ' " " h Declination . . . . . . . . . . +17 35 19.4 +39.34 ( T-16 ) " Geocentric coordinates of Mercury h m s s h Right ascension . . . . . . . . 3 07 53.95- 5.321( T-16 ) o ' " " h Declination . . . . . . . . . . +17 28 42.8 -66.85 ( T-16 ) T - universal time in hours Geocentric phases ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | |Mercury being in | Universal | Position| the Zenith in Phenomena | Time | Angles |------------------- | | | Longitude |Latitude ----------------------------------|-------------|---------|-----------|------- | h m s | o '| o ' | o ' Ingress, exterior contact . . . | 11 12 17.8 | 83 12 | 11 18 E | +17 41 Ingress, interior contact . . . | 11 15 29.7 | 83 27 | 10 30 E | +17 41 " | | | | Least angular distance 318.5 | 14 57 28.1 | 153 49 | 45 13 W | +17 37 Egress, interior contact . . . . | 18 39 12.6 | 224 07 | 100 53 W | +17 32 Egress, exterior contact . . . . | 18 42 24.5 | 224 22 | 101 42 W | +17 32 Local Circumstances of Transit The Universal Time of the four contacts for any point on the surface of the Earth may be computed from the four following formulae, in which T1, T2, T3, T4 are the times of exterior and interior contact at ingress and at egress: h m s s s и ' T1 = 11 12 17.8 - 12.33 r sin f' -111.60 r cos f' cos( 256 20.4 + l ), T2 = 11 15 29.7 - 11.88 r sin f' -111.83 r cos f' cos( 257 13.6 + l ), T3 = 18 39 12.6 - 77.47 r sin f' + 81.86 r cos f' cos( 174 05.6 + l ), T4 = 18 42 24.5 - 77.01 r sin f' + 82.04 r cos f' cos( 175 02.9 + l ). In these formulae r denotes the geocentric radius of the Earth at that point in units of the eguatorial radius, l denotes the longitude, f' denotes the geocentric latitude. The map shows different regions of the Earth, where the individual stages of the phenomenon are seen: in the region 1 the Mercury is seen during the course of the whole duration of the transit; in the region 2 the Mercury is not seen during the course of the whole dura- tion of the transit; in the region 3 the ingress is observed only: the Mercury is on the disk of the Sun in the sunset; in the region 4 the egress is observed only: the Mercury is on the disk of the Sun in the sunrise. Local circumstanses of Transit of Mercury of 2016, May 9 The height of the Sun is calculed in Tm. The asterisk denotes that this time is the sunrise or the sunset, but the visual contact time of the solar disks and disk of Venus. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local place | T1 | T2 | Tm | T3 | T4 | s | Z1 | Z2 | Z3 | Z4 | h_s --------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|-----|-----|----- | h m s| h m s| h m s| h m s| h m s| '' | o| o| o| o| o Abakan |11 11 03 |11 14 15 |13 34 32*| - | - | 458.442 | 45 | 45 | - | - | 0.0 Anadyr | - | - |15 17 20*| - | - | 335.393 | - | - | - | - | 0.0 Arkhangelsk |11 11 45 |11 14 56 |14 56 04 | - | - | 322.585 | 68 | 68 | - | - | 17.8 Astrakhan |11 11 25 |11 14 36 |14 55 42 | - | - | 320.810 | 45 | 45 | - | - | 10.7 Barnaul |11 11 05 |11 14 17 |14 03 37*| - | - | 384.318 | 45 | 45 | - | - | 0.0 | | | | | | | | | | | Belgorod |11 11 40 |11 14 52 |14 55 50 | - | - | 321.056 | 58 | 57 | - | - | 18.9 Bryansk |11 11 44 |11 14 55 |14 55 54 | - | - | 321.320 | 62 | 62 | - | - | 20.4 Velikiy Novgorod |11 11 49 |11 15 01 |14 56 01 | - | - | 321.861 | 68 | 68 | - | - | 22.1 Vladikavkaz |11 11 27 |11 14 38 |14 55 41 | - | - | 320.357 | 43 | 42 | - | - | 12.2 Vladimir |11 11 39 |11 14 51 |14 55 54 | - | - | 321.722 | 61 | 60 | - | - | 17.1 | | | | | | | | | | | Volgograd |11 11 31 |11 14 42 |14 55 45 | - | - | 320.990 | 50 | 50 | - | - | 13.5 Vologda |11 11 42 |11 14 53 |14 55 58 | - | - | 322.039 | 64 | 63 | - | - | 17.7 Voronezh |11 11 38 |11 14 49 |14 55 50 | - | - | 321.218 | 57 | 57 | - | - | 17.3 Gorno-Altaysk |11 11 02 |11 14 14 |13 49 38*| - | - | 417.320 | 43 | 43 | - | - | 0.0 Grozny |11 11 26 |11 14 37 |14 55 41 | - | - | 320.410 | 42 | 42 | - | - | 11.6 | | | | | | | | | | | Ekaterinburg |11 11 23 |11 14 34 |14 55 51 | - | - | 322.216 | 52 | 52 | - | - | 6.5 Ivanovo |11 11 39 |11 14 51 |14 55 55 | - | - | 321.824 | 61 | 61 | - | - | 16.9 Izhevsk |11 11 28 |11 14 40 |14 55 51 | - | - | 322.039 | 55 | 55 | - | - | 10.4 Irkutsk |11 11 00 |11 14 12 |12 37 31*| - | - | 641.129 | 45 | 45 | - | - | 0.0 Yoshkar-Ola |11 11 33 |11 14 44 |14 55 52 | - | - | 321.910 | 57 | 57 | - | - | 13.1 | | | | | | | | | | | Kazan |11 11 31 |11 14 42 |14 55 51 | - | - | 321.847 | 56 | 55 | - | - | 12.3 Kaliningrad |11 12 00 |11 15 11 |14 56 04 | - | - | 321.361 | 75 | 74 | - | - | 28.4 Kaluga |11 11 43 |11 14 54 |14 55 54 | - | - | 321.485 | 62 | 61 | - | - | 19.3 Kemerovo |11 11 07 |11 14 19 |14 02 55*| - | - | 386.159 | 47 | 47 | - | - | 0.0 Kirov |11 11 33 |11 14 44 |14 55 54 | - | - | 322.142 | 58 | 58 | - | - | 12.6 | | | | | | | | | | | Kostroma |11 11 40 |11 14 51 |14 55 56 | - | - | 321.903 | 62 | 62 | - | - | 17.0 Krasnodar |11 11 35 |11 14 46 |14 55 45 | - | - | 320.462 | 49 | 49 | - | - | 16.7 Krasnoyarsk |11 11 06 |11 14 18 |13 38 29*| - | - | 447.622 | 48 | 48 | - | - | 0.0 Kurgan |11 11 18 |11 14 29 |14 55 49 | - | - | 322.213 | 50 | 50 | - | - | 3.5 Kursk |11 11 41 |11 14 53 |14 55 52 | - | - | 321.176 | 59 | 59 | - | - | 19.2 | | | | | | | | | | | Kyzyl |11 11 00 |11 14 12 |13 14 49*| - | - | 517.340 | 43 | 43 | - | - | 0.0 Lipetsk |11 11 38 |11 14 49 |14 55 51 | - | - | 321.328 | 58 | 57 | - | - | 17.2 Magadan | - | - |17 42 27*| - | - | 737.297 | - | - | - | - | 0.0 Magas |11 12 16 |11 15 27 |14 56 09 | - | - | 320.004 | 87 | 86 | - | - | 38.0 Maikop |11 11 33 |11 14 45 |14 55 44 | - | - | 320.436 | 48 | 47 | - | - | 15.8 | | | | | | | | | | | Makhachkala |11 11 24 |11 14 35 |14 55 40 | - | - | 320.418 | 41 | 41 | - | - | 10.2 Moskau |11 11 42 |11 14 53 |14 55 55 | - | - | 321.640 | 62 | 62 | - | - | 18.7 Murmansk |11 11 53 |11 15 05 |14 56 12 |18 37 34 |18 40 47 | 322.935 | 74 | 74 | 209 | 209 | 20.7 Nalchik |11 11 29 |11 14 40 |14 55 42 | - | - | 320.382 | 44 | 44 | - | - | 13.1 Naryan-Mar |11 11 39 |11 14 51 |14 56 06 | - | - | 323.041 | 66 | 66 | - | - | 13.3 | | | | | | | | | | | Nizhni Novgorod |11 11 36 |11 14 47 |14 55 53 | - | - | 321.803 | 59 | 59 | - | - | 15.2 Novosibirsk |11 11 08 |11 14 20 |14 14 04*| - | - | 363.430 | 47 | 47 | - | - | 0.0 Omsk |11 11 12 |11 14 24 |14 52 11*| - | - | 322.736 | 47 | 48 | - | - | 0.0 Orel |11 11 42 |11 14 53 |14 55 53 | - | - | 321.314 | 60 | 60 | - | - | 19.4 Orenburg |11 11 22 |11 14 34 |14 55 46 | - | - | 321.570 | 48 | 48 | - | - | 7.8 | | | | | | | | | | | Palana | - | - |17 08 24*|18 38 44 |18 41 57 | 617.711 | - | - | 255 | 255 | 0.0 Penza |11 11 33 |11 14 44 |14 55 49 | - | - | 321.490 | 55 | 55 | - | - | 14.1 Perm |11 11 27 |11 14 39 |14 55 52 | - | - | 322.223 | 55 | 55 | - | - | 9.1 Petrozavodsk |11 11 48 |11 15 00 |14 56 03 | - | - | 322.236 | 69 | 69 | - | - | 20.5 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski | - | - |17 41 41*|18 38 54 |18 42 07 | 733.685 | - | - | 260 | 261 | 0.0 | | | | | | | | | | | Pskov |11 11 52 |11 15 03 |14 56 01 | - | - | 321.758 | 70 | 70 | - | - | 23.7 Rostov-na-Donu |11 11 35 |11 14 46 |14 55 46 | - | - | 320.727 | 51 | 51 | - | - | 16.5 Ryazan |11 11 39 |11 14 50 |14 55 53 | - | - | 321.550 | 59 | 59 | - | - | 17.3 Salekhard |11 11 31 |11 14 43 |14 56 04 | - | - | 323.193 | 61 | 61 | - | - | 7.9 Samara |11 11 28 |11 14 39 |14 55 48 | - | - | 321.597 | 52 | 52 | - | - | 11.1 | | | | | | | | | | | Local circumstanses of Transit of Mercury of 2016, May 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local place | T1 | T2 | Tm | s | Z1 | Z2 | h_s ------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|-----|----- | h m s| h m s| h m s| '' | o| o| o Saint-Petersburg |11 11 51 |11 15 02 |14 56 02 | 322.003 | 70 | 70 | 22.5 Saransk |11 11 33 |11 14 45 |14 55 50 | 321.599 | 56 | 56 | 14.1 Saratov |11 11 31 |11 14 42 |14 55 47 | 321.332 | 52 | 52 | 13.1 Sevastopol |11 11 42 |11 14 53 |14 55 48 | 320.318 | 53 | 53 | 20.4 Simpheropol |11 11 41 |11 14 52 |14 55 48 | 320.369 | 53 | 53 | 20.0 | | | | | | | Smolensk |11 11 47 |11 14 58 |14 55 57 | 321.461 | 65 | 65 | 21.8 Stavropol |11 11 31 |11 14 43 |14 55 44 | 320.523 | 47 | 47 | 14.5 Syktyvkar |11 11 35 |11 14 46 |14 55 58 | 322.463 | 61 | 61 | 12.7 Tambov |11 11 36 |11 14 48 |14 55 50 | 321.373 | 56 | 56 | 16.1 Tver |11 11 44 |11 14 56 |14 55 57 | 321.736 | 64 | 64 | 19.7 | | | | | | | Tomsk |11 11 09 |11 14 21 |14 12 34*| 366.467 | 48 | 48 | 0.0 Tula |11 11 41 |11 14 52 |14 55 53 | 321.471 | 60 | 60 | 18.5 Tura |11 11 18 |11 14 31 |14 01 58*| 389.651 | 57 | 57 | 0.0 Tyumen |11 11 20 |11 14 31 |14 55 51 | 322.376 | 51 | 52 | 4.2 Ulan-Ude |11 10 59 |11 14 11 |12 22 31*| 693.680 | 45 | 45 | 0.0 | | | | | | | Ulyanovsk |11 11 30 |11 14 42 |14 55 50 | 321.679 | 54 | 54 | 12.3 Ust'-Ordynskiy |11 11 00 |11 14 13 |12 37 32*| 641.154 | 45 | 46 | 0.0 Upha |11 11 24 |11 14 36 |14 55 49 | 321.893 | 52 | 52 | 8.2 Khanty-Mansiysk |11 11 22 |11 14 34 |14 55 56 | 322.801 | 55 | 55 | 4.4 Cheboksary |11 11 33 |11 14 44 |14 55 52 | 321.844 | 57 | 57 | 13.4 | | | | | | | Chelyabinsk |11 11 20 |11 14 32 |14 55 49 | 322.076 | 50 | 50 | 5.5 Cherkessk |11 11 31 |11 14 42 |14 55 43 | 320.434 | 46 | 46 | 14.3 Chita |11 11 00 |11 14 13 |11 59 45*| 775.658 | 46 | 47 | 0.0 Elista |11 11 29 |11 14 41 |14 55 44 | 320.718 | 47 | 47 | 13.2 Yakutsk |11 11 20 |11 14 32 |11 45 25*| 829.484 | 59 | 60 | 0.0 Yaroslavl |11 11 41 |11 14 52 |14 55 56 | 321.873 | 62 | 62 | 17.5 | | | | | | | Sukhum (Abkhazia) |11 11 32 |11 14 43 |14 55 43 | 320.267 | 45 | 45 | 14.9 Baku (Azerbaijan) |11 11 19 |11 14 30 |14 55 37 | 320.184 | 36 | 36 | 7.9 Erevan (Armenia) |11 11 26 |11 14 37 |14 55 39 | 320.021 | 39 | 38 | 11.7 Brest (Belorussia) |11 11 56 |11 15 07 |14 56 00 | 321.083 | 70 | 70 | 26.9 Vitebsk (Belorussia) |11 11 49 |11 15 01 |14 55 58 | 321.487 | 67 | 66 | 22.8 | | | | | | | Gomel (Belorussia) |11 11 47 |11 14 59 |14 55 55 | 321.185 | 64 | 63 | 22.4 Grodno (Belorussia) |11 11 56 |11 15 07 |14 56 01 | 321.264 | 71 | 71 | 26.6 Minsk (Belorussia) |11 11 52 |11 15 03 |14 55 58 | 321.318 | 68 | 67 | 24.4 Mogilev (Belorussia) |11 11 49 |11 15 00 |14 55 57 | 321.345 | 66 | 65 | 22.8 Tbilisi (Georgia) |11 11 26 |11 14 37 |14 55 40 | 320.205 | 41 | 40 | 11.9 | | | | | | | Almaaty (Kazakhstan) |11 10 57 |11 14 08 |13 59 28*| 392.257 | 34 | 34 | 0.0 Astana (Kazakhstan) |11 11 09 |11 14 20 |14 45 03*| 324.820 | 43 | 44 | 0.0 Karaganda (Kazakhstan) |11 11 06 |11 14 18 |14 33 39*| 333.826 | 42 | 42 | 0.0 Kostanay (Kazakhstan) |11 11 17 |11 14 28 |14 55 47 | 321.953 | 47 | 47 | 3.5 Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) |11 11 07 |11 14 19 |14 26 58*| 342.265 | 44 | 44 | 0.0 | | | | | | | Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan) |11 11 15 |11 14 26 |14 55 49 | 322.271 | 48 | 48 | 1.4 Ural'sk (Kazakhstan) |11 11 25 |11 14 37 |14 55 46 | 321.418 | 49 | 49 | 9.8 Ust'-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan)|11 11 01 |11 14 13 |13 56 01*| 401.256 | 41 | 41 | 0.0 Shymkent (Kazakhstan) |11 11 01 |11 14 12 |14 26 38*| 341.362 | 33 | 33 | 0.0 Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) |11 10 58 |11 14 09 |14 07 58*| 373.651 | 33 | 34 | 0.0 | | | | | | | Riga (Latvia) |11 11 56 |11 15 08 |14 56 03 | 321.632 | 73 | 72 | 26.1 Vilnus (‹Ёвў ) |11 11 54 |11 15 06 |14 56 00 | 321.387 | 70 | 70 | 25.7 Kishinev (Moldavia) |11 11 49 |11 15 00 |14 55 53 | 320.540 | 61 | 60 | 23.8 Dushanbe (Tadjikistan) |11 10 58 |11 14 10 |14 21 25*| 348.553 | 29 | 29 | 0.0 Ashkhabad (Turkmenistan) |11 11 08 |11 14 19 |14 55 34 | 320.185 | 30 | 30 | 0.8 | | | | | | | Tashkent (Uzbekistan) |11 11 00 |11 14 12 |14 25 20*| 343.036 | 32 | 32 | 0.0 Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine) |11 11 41 |11 14 52 |14 55 50 | 320.789 | 57 | 56 | 19.7 Donetsk (Ukraine) |11 11 38 |11 14 49 |14 55 48 | 320.780 | 54 | 53 | 17.8 Kiev (Ukraine) |11 11 47 |11 14 59 |14 55 54 | 320.956 | 63 | 62 | 22.7 Lvov (Ukraine) |11 11 55 |11 15 06 |14 55 58 | 320.824 | 68 | 68 | 26.9 | | | | | | | Odessa (Ukraine) |11 11 46 |11 14 57 |14 55 51 | 320.499 | 58 | 58 | 22.5 Kharkov (Ukraine) |11 11 41 |11 14 52 |14 55 50 | 320.979 | 57 | 57 | 19.0 Tallin (Estonia) |11 11 56 |11 15 07 |14 56 05 | 321.908 | 73 | 73 | 25.4 Ts'khinvali (South Ossetia) |11 11 28 |11 14 39 |14 55 41 | 320.245 | 42 | 42 | 12.6