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November 13, 1986 — Mercury Transit — Dalyan, Turkey

Nov 13, 1986 at 6:43 am
Near max in Dalyan
Global Event: Mercury Transit
Local Type: Mercury Transit, in Dalyan
Began: Thu, Nov 13, 1986 at 6:41 am
Midpoint: Thu, Nov 13, 1986 at 6:43 am
Ended: Thu, Nov 13, 1986 at 7:58 am
Duration: 1 hour, 17 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

November 13, 1986 — Mercury Transit — Dalyan

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Dalyan. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EET) for Dalyan.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:41 am Thu, Nov 13
Transit ongoing during sunrise Mercury Transit is already ongoing during sunrise in Dalyan.
Since the Sun is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East-southeast for the best view of the transit.
Map direction East-southeast 111°
-0.1°
6:43 am Thu, Nov 13
Nearest Sun's center Mercury is closest to the center of the Sun as seen from Dalyan.
Since the Sun is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East-southeast for the best view of the transit.
Map direction East-southeast 112°
0.1°
7:56 am Thu, Nov 13
Full Transit ends Mercury is starting to leave the Sun's edge. Watch out for the black drop effect, an optical illusion seemingly connecting Mercury's disc to the Sun's edge.Map direction Southeast 123°
12.5°
7:58 am Thu, Nov 13
Partial Transit ends Mercury leaves the Sun's edge and concludes the transit.Map direction Southeast 124°
12.9°

The animation shows what the 1986 Mercury Transit approximately looked like from Dalyan. The curvature of the planet's path is due to the Earth's rotation.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Dalyan

Eclipse Visibility From DalyanVisibility Worldwide
Mar 1–2, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 17, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 31, 1981 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 9–10, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 15, 1982 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Dec 4, 1983 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 20, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 15, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 28, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17–18, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 13, 1986 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 29, 1987 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 14, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 7, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 1988 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Dalyan, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown transit is highlighted.

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