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The Transit of Mercury on 2003, Wednesday, May 7

Begin 05:13 UT	End 10:32 UT

The entire event will be visible from Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Geocentric Phases of the 2003 Transit of Mercury

Event	UT (ET-UT=65.0 s)	Position Angle
Eclipse begins (Contact I)	05:12:56	15°
Umbra eclipse begins (Contact II)	05:17:24	14°
Maximum eclipse	07:52:23	333°
Umbra eclipse ends (Contact III)	10:27:19	292°
Eclipse ends (Contact IV)	10:31:46	291°

Data: 2003 Transit of Mercury (Fred Espenak)

Berlin, Germany 52.53 N, 13.42 E Sunrise 3:24 UT Culm. 11:03 UT UT (ET-UT=65.5 s) Duration: partial phase 5.35 h total/annullar phase phase: 312.7 min Altitude Position Angle Eclipse begins 05:11:29.2 14.5° 15.8° Umbra eclipse begins 05:15:54.4 15.2° 15.1° Maximum eclipse 07:52:05.6 38.4° 333.2° Umbra eclipse ends 10:28:5.0 53.7° 291.4° Eclipse ends 10:32:29.5 53.9° 290.6° Data: Arnold Barmettler: CalSKY - Astronomical and Space Calendar   Eclipse begins at 7:11 Maximum eclipse at 9:52 Eclipse ends at 12:32   From 7:11 to 12:31 (intervalls of 30 min)   The path of Mercury moving across the disc of the sun: Animations and images made by my TransitObserver applet Web Links   2003 Transit of Mercury (Fred Espenak)