B.B.C. Article
Skywatchers across the globe will see Mercury transit the Sun on Monday.
The Solar System's smallest planet will pass directly between Earth and our star from around 11:12 GMT to 18:42.
Such a transit only rolls around 13 or 14 times each century; the next occasions will be in 2019 and 2032.
The event is impossible - and dangerous - to view with the naked eye or binoculars, but astronomy groups worldwide will offer a chance to view it through filtered telescopes.



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Blow up the image - there are two "dots" visible - the one furthest from the orange thingie, at about the 10-11 o'clock position, maybe 1/3 of the way from the rim to the center, is Mercury in transit in front of the Sun.

crank wrote:It's kinda surprising this only happens about every 7 years when you think about how far away we are and how big the sun is, plus mercury 's year is about 3 months. If someone asked me how often this would occur, I would have guessed way higher, maybe more than once a year. So my thinking has mercury too close [to the sun] with less difference in inclination.