Transits of Mercury: 1901-2050
Date Universal Separation*
Time (Sun and Mercury)
1907 Nov 14 12:06 759"
1914 Nov 07 12:02 631"
1924 May 08 01:41 85"
1927 Nov 10 05:44 129"
1937 May 11 09:00 955"
1940 Nov 11 23:20 368"
1953 Nov 14 16:54 862"
1957 May 06 01:14 907"
1960 Nov 07 16:53 528"
1970 May 09 08:16 114"
1973 Nov 10 10:32 26"
1986 Nov 13 04:07 471"
1993 Nov 06 03:57 927"
1999 Nov 15 21:41 963" (graze)
2003 May 07 07:52 708"
2006 Nov 08 21:41 423"
2016 May 09 14:57 319"
2019 Nov 11 15:20 76"
2032 Nov 13 08:54 572"
2039 Nov 07 08:46 822"
2049 May 07 14:24 512"
* distance (arc-seconds) between the centers of the Sun and Mercury
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Mercury Transits Sun
Did you get a chance to catch Mercury as the planet transited the sun Monday? If not I have a small cut of a video that NASA put on YouTube. Plus a 49 year record of Mercury transiting.
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