Simultaneous occurrence of solar eclipse and transit of Mercury
6757 July 05
Transit of Mercury and Partial Solar Eclipse as seen by an observer
55° S from the Equator (most probably Pacific Ocean)
The next time an eclipse of the Sun is predicted to occur during a transit of an inner planet is on July 5, 6757. This document presents some data for both phenomena. Although this type of simultaneous events occur on average once some 2000 years, this and previous occurrences are separated by more than 13 millennia. The beginning of transit will probably be visible from western Europe, south and north America. End of transit will probably be visible from central and north America, Oceania, Malaysia, and western Asia. Mercury will need a little more than five hours to cross the solar disc. According to the most recent estimate of ΔT for this date eclipse would begin eastern of New Zealand, progressively moving trough the South Pacific, and its end would be visible from southernmost locations in Chile and Argentina. However, due to uncertainty in ΔT, both eclipse and transit paths would move eastwards if ΔT increases faster than predicted, westwards otherwise.
Transit of Mercury
Date: AD 6757 Jul 05
Time: 19:06:40 TT
JD: 4189189.29630
Sun at Greatest Transit
(Geocentric Coordinates)
R.A. = 07h 14m 29.7s
Dec. = +21° 47' 39.8"
S.D. = 00° 15' 57.1"
H.P. = 00° 00' 08.8"
Contact Times
(Geocentric Data)
Contact I = 16:33:14 TT
Contact II = 16:37:25 TT
Contact III = 21:35:47 TT
Contact IV = 21:39:59 TT
Mercury at Greatest Transit
(Geocentric Coordinates)
R.A. = 07h 14m 32.5s
Dec. = +21° 35' 48.7"
S.D. = 00° 00' 05.9"
H.P. = 00° 00' 15.5"
Miscellaneous
(Geocentric Data)
Greatest = 19:06:40 TT
Separation = 712.2"
Pos. Angle = 176.7°
Duration = 05h 06m 45s
World visibility map of 6757 Transit of Mercury
Partial Solar Eclipse
Date: AD 6757 Jul 05
Time: 18:16:28 TT
JD: 4189189.26144
Sun at Greatest Eclipse
(Geocentric Coordinates)
R.A. = 07h 14m 21.0s
Dec. = +21° 47' 55.1"
S.D. = 00° 15' 57.1"
H.P. = 00° 00' 08.8"
Contact Times
P1 = 16:13:20 TT
P4 = 20:19:34 TT
Moon at Greatest Eclipse
(Geocentric Coordinates)
R.A. = 07h 13m 21.3s
Dec. = +20° 46' 14.3"
S.D. = 00° 14' 50.5"
H.P. = 00° 54' 27.7"
Miscellaneous
Greatest: 18:16:28 TT
Magnitude: 0.6848
Gamma: -1.1652
World visibility map of 6757 Jul 05 Partial Solar eclipse
About Predictions
All times in this document are in Terrestrial Time. For both transit and eclipse maps value of ΔT = 77695s has been used.
All computations, maps and animations were made by J. Jeliazkov and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.
Last Revised: 2009 May 31