PLANETS NEAR THE ECLIPSED SUN

Very interesting are the eclipses when a bright planet is near the eclipsed Sun. The table lists all the events from year 2000 to 2100 whit 2 planets in a range of 5° from the center of the Sun during a total or annular eclipse

Days when the planets are nearest to the Sun Days with eclipses YEAR/MO/DD HH/MM/SS DIST.° MAG. YEAR/MO/DD HH/MM/SS T MAG. DURATION 2013/11/01 21:08:00 0.51 7.6 Mercury 2013/11/03 12:47:36 H 1.0159 01m40s 2013/11/06 12:03:17 2.12 0.8 Saturn 2059/05/13 01:41:05 0.10 -1.9 Mercury 2059/05/11 19:22:16 T 1.0242 02m23s 2059/05/13 14:32:11 1.96 0.5 Saturn 2066/12/13 12:21:16 0.36 -1.7 Jupiter 2066/12/17 00:23:40 T 1.0416 03m14s 2066/12/21 01:56:29 1.46 -0.9 Mercury 2070/10/02 07:26:38 1.28 -1.3 Mercury 2070/10/04 07:08:57 A 0.9731 02m44s 2070/10/08 21:01:42 1.25 -3.9 Venus

Dist: distance of the planet from the center of the Sun, in ° Mag : magnitude of the planet T : type of eclipse, T=total, A=annular, H=hybrid Mag : magnitude of the eclipse Duration : of the solar eclipse