The Solar System: Transits of Venus & Mercury

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Transits of Planets Venus & Mercury

Transits of the inner planets Mercury and Venus aross the face of the Sun are relatively rare. The following table lists the next transits of the solar disk by a planet.

Transit of Planet Venus

Date Time (UT) Separation
6 Jun 2012 01:28 553"
11 Dec 2117 02:48 724"


Transit of Planet Mercury

Date Time (UT) Separation
9 May 2016 14:57 319"
11 Nov 2019 15:20 76"

(Separation is the distance in arc-seconds between the Sun and planet centers.)

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