Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun. Every few
years or so it happens to cross infront of the Suns disk.
Here is a list of the up coming transits, times are in UT.
(There is no point mentioning transits of Venus as the next one is in the year 2117)
| Date |
1st
contact |
2nd
contact |
MAX |
3rd
contact |
4th
contact |
Min
Sep |
Comments |
|
09 May 2016 |
11:12 |
11:15 |
14:57 |
18:39 |
18:42 |
318.5 |
Visible
from Ireland |
|
11 Nov 2019 |
12:35 |
12:37 |
15:20 |
18:02 |
18:04 |
75.9 |
Visible
from Ireland |
|
13 Nov 2032 |
06:41 |
06:43 |
08:54 |
11:05 |
11:07 |
572.1 |
Will
need to go abroad as it starts before sunrise |
|
07 Nov 2039 |
07:18 |
07:21 |
08:46 |
10:12 |
10:15 |
822.3 |
Will
need to go abroad as it starts before sunrise |
|
07 May 2049 |
11:03 |
11:07 |
14:24 |
17:41 |
17:44 |
511.8 |
All
visible from Ireland |
|
09 Nov 2052 |
23:53 |
23:55 |
02:29 |
05:04 |
05:06 |
318.7 |
Not
visible from Ireland, will need to go abroad |
Keys for table
1st contact: Transit begins,
when the planets disk start to enter onto the Suns disk
2nd contact: The time when when the entire disk of the planet is visible on the
Sun
MAX: time of the greatest point of the transit, the nearest the planet gets to
the center of the Suns disk
3rd contact: The time when the planet reaches the opposite limb of the Sun
4th contact: The time when the planet fully leaves the Sun, the end of the
transit.
Min Sep: Is the distance between the planet and the center of the Suns disk (at
MAX time), in arc seconds.
Other terms
Ingress: Time between 1st and
2nd contacts
Egress: Time between 3rd and 4th contacts
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