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Transits of Venus in front of the Sun happen about once in a century, whereas Mercury passes across the disk of the Sun once in a decade.
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Tuesday 5 June 2012
TimeObject (Link)Event
15h06m27.9sTransit of VenusPartial Transit of Venus begins
Position angle=40.8°, Position angle vertex=338.4°, Altitude=58.2°, Azimuth=258.8° W
15h23m55.9sTransit of VenusUmbra eclipse begins
Position angle=218.3°, Position angle vertex=154.8°, Altitude=54.6°, Azimuth=262.1° W
18h25m28.8sTransit of VenusMaximum eclipse:   Transit of Venus
Magnitude=3.056%, Obscuration=0.093%
Separation=549.07", Position angle=345.0°, Position angle vertex=284.7°, Altitude=17.3°, Azimuth=286.2° WNW,
Duration of eclipse=4h53m, ET-UT=65.8sec
19h59.3mTransit of VenusEclipse at Sunset: Magnitude=3.1%, Obscuration=0.1%
Position angle=345.9°, Position angle vertex=277.7°

Monday 9 May 2016
TimeObject (Link)Event
5h55.2m
ET-UT1=66.28s
Transit of MercuryEclipse at Sunrise:        Magnitude=0.6%, Obscuration=0.0%
Position angle=4.5°, Position angle vertex=52.3°
7h58m27.4s
ET-UT1=66.28s
Transit of MercuryMaximum eclipse:   Transit of Mercury
Magnitude=0.635%, Obscuration=0.004%
Separation=323.88", Position angle=153.8°, Position angle vertex=214.4°, Altitude=24.1°, Azimuth= 84.2° E,
Duration of eclipse=5h47m, ET-UT=66.3sec
11h39m10.0s
ET-UT1=66.28s
Transit of MercuryUmbra eclipse ends
Position angle=44.0°, Position angle vertex=86.2°, Altitude=67.8°, Azimuth=131.8° SE
11h42m21.4s
ET-UT1=66.28s
Transit of MercuryPartial Transit of Mercury ends
Position angle=224.3°, Position angle vertex=265.3°, Altitude=68.3°, Azimuth=133.3° SE
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Glossary:

Transit
Passage of a planet in front of the disk of the sun. These rare events have an important historical importance in calculating the distance sun-earth. Transits can only be observed with properly equipped telescopes. By no means try to observe these event without being trained! You may damage your eyes.
Partial eclipse begins/ends
First and fourth (last) contact. The much smaller disk of the planet starts entering the bright solar disk. This is a partial solar eclipse.
Umbra eclipse begins/ends
Second and third contact. The apparently small planetary disk seems to hover in front of the sun, completely detached from the border of the limb. This corresponds to the beginning/end of an annular solar eclipse.
Maximum eclipse
Gives the object name (Venus or Mercury), and time and phase of maximum eclipse, i.e. possible phases are partial or annular eclipse. With the latter, the planetary disk is apparently floating as a small dot across the disk.

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