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The event begins at just after 12:35 pm GMT, when the tiny silhouette of Mercury moves onto the solar disc. It then moves pretty centrally across the face of the Sun, reaching its mid point at 15:19. At this time the Sun is just a few degrees above the horizon as seen from the UK, so observations after this will require a very low south-western horizon. Although the transit continues until after 6 pm, from the UK the sun sets some time after 4 pm (depending on your location – the sun sets at 4 pm from John o’ Groats and 4:44 pm from Land’s End, with other locations somewhere in between).
The next one is thirteen years away.
The next one is thirteen years away.
2019 Mercury Transit
mercurytransit.gsfc.nasa.gov