TRANSIT OF MERCURY 1900-2300
Transit Contact Times (UT)
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Date I II Greatest III IV Sep.
h:m h:m h:m h:m h:m "
1907 Nov 14 10:24 10:26 12:07 13:47 13:50 758.6
1914 Nov 07 09:57 09:59 12:03 14:07 14:09 630.7
1924 May 08 21:44 21:47 01:41 05:35 05:38 84.6
1927 Nov 10 03:02 03:04 05:46 08:27 08:29 128.7
1937 May 11 08:53 - 08:59 - 09:06 955.5
1940 Nov 11 20:49 20:51 23:21 01:52 01:53 368.5
1953 Nov 14 15:37 15:41 16:54 18:07 18:11 861.8
1957 May 06 23:59 00:09 01:14 02:20 02:30 907.3
1960 Nov 07 14:34 14:36 16:53 19:10 19:12 527.9
1970 May 09 04:19 04:22 08:16 12:10 12:13 114.1
1973 Nov 10 07:47 07:49 10:32 13:16 13:17 26.4
1986 Nov 13 01:43 01:45 04:07 06:29 06:31 470.5
1993 Nov 06 03:06 03:12 03:57 04:41 04:47 926.7
1999 Nov 15 21:15 21:30 21:41 21:52 22:07 963.0
2003 May 07 05:13 05:17 07:52 10:27 10:32 708.3
2006 Nov 08 19:12 19:14 21:41 00:08 00:10 422.9
2016 May 09 11:12 11:15 14:57 18:39 18:42 318.5
2019 Nov 11 12:35 12:37 15:20 18:02 18:04 75.9
2032 Nov 13 06:41 06:43 08:54 11:05 11:07 572.1
2039 Nov 07 07:17 07:21 08:46 10:12 10:15 822.3
2049 May 07 11:03 11:07 14:24 17:41 17:44 511.8
2052 Nov 09 23:53 23:55 02:29 05:04 05:06 318.7
2062 May 10 18:16 18:20 21:36 00:53 00:57 520.5
2065 Nov 11 17:24 17:26 20:06 22:46 22:48 180.7
2078 Nov 14 11:42 11:44 13:41 15:37 15:39 674.3
2085 Nov 07 11:42 11:45 13:34 15:24 15:26 718.5
2095 May 08 17:20 17:24 21:05 00:47 00:50 309.8
2098 Nov 10 04:35 04:37 07:16 09:56 09:57 214.7
2108 May 12 01:40 01:44 04:16 06:47 06:52 724.7
2111 Nov 14 22:15 22:17 00:53 03:29 03:30 283.3
2124 Nov 15 16:49 16:52 18:28 20:04 20:07 778.9
2131 Nov 09 16:14 16:16 18:22 20:29 20:31 614.4
2141 May 10 23:46 23:50 03:43 07:36 07:39 108.1
2144 Nov 11 09:18 09:19 12:02 14:44 14:46 112.7
2154 May 13 10:03 10:18 10:58 11:38 11:53 930.6
2157 Nov 14 03:08 03:10 05:40 08:09 08:11 386.9
2170 Nov 16 22:05 22:09 23:15 00:22 00:26 880.4
2174 May 08 02:24 02:37 03:26 04:15 04:27 924.4
2177 Nov 09 20:48 20:50 23:09 01:28 01:30 509.8
2187 May 11 06:27 06:30 10:24 14:18 14:21 96.0
2190 Nov 12 14:03 14:05 16:48 19:32 19:33 9.1
2203 Nov 16 08:04 08:06 10:27 12:47 12:49 488.6
2210 Nov 09 09:14 09:19 10:13 11:06 11:11 911.0
2220 May 09 07:23 07:27 09:56 12:25 12:30 728.5
2223 Nov 12 01:25 01:27 03:55 06:24 06:26 406.5
2233 May 12 13:13 13:16 16:59 20:43 20:46 296.2
2236 Nov 13 18:50 18:52 21:35 00:17 00:19 95.4
2249 Nov 16 13:02 13:04 15:12 17:21 17:23 591.6
2256 Nov 09 13:26 13:29 14:59 16:29 16:32 807.4
2266 May 10 13:16 13:20 16:34 19:47 19:51 529.7
2269 Nov 12 06:04 06:06 08:42 11:17 11:19 302.5
2279 May 13 20:14 20:18 23:38 02:57 03:01 499.5
2282 Nov 15 23:41 23:41 02:22 05:02 05:02 197.9
2295 Nov 17 18:03 18:06 19:59 21:52 21:54 694.6
Contact I - The instant when the planet's disk is externally tangent to the Sun (transit begins).
Contact II - The entire disk of the planet is first seen when the planet is internally tangent to the Sun.
Contact III - The planet reaches the opposite limb and is once again internally tangent to the Sun.
Contact IV - The planet's disk is externally tangent to the Sun (transit ends).
Greatest transit is defined as the instant when the planet passes closest to the center of the Sun as seen from the center of Earth.