Transit of Mercury, 7 May 2003 - Data

The following are screenshots of the output from the program Occult by David Herald.

World map showing transit visibility at start and end.
   T R A N S I T    o f   M E R C U R Y      2003 May  7
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                    W e l l i n g t o n

               o   '               o   '                 m
E Longitude   19 01.0   Latitude -33 39.0   Altitude   100


Event                          UT        P.A.   Alt   Differential Corrections
                             h  m  s       o      o       A       B
Least angular distance       7 53 19             26
Egress, interior contact    10 26 29     292
Egress, exterior contact    10 30 57     291     40     -2.11   +0.70

                                                        (secs per deg)

At least angular distance

Distance from Centre of Sun    711.0''     74.8%


Radius of Sun   951.1''   
    of Planet     6.0''

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