Sunday, May 8, 2016

The Mercury Transit: How to See the Rare Event Online on Monday

The Mercury Transit: How to See the Rare Event Online on MondayTomorrow, (May 9) Mercury will pass directly across the face of the sun — an event that won't happen again until 2019. As seen from Earth, Mercury will begin inching its way across the face of the sun at about 7:12 a.m. EDT (1112 GMT) Monday morning, and ending at about 2:40 p.m. EDT (1840 GMT). The event — which astronomers call a transit of Mercury — will be visible across all of North America, but it will begin before sunrise for those in the west.


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