Mercury Direct on January 18, 2023.

 

Mercury Direct on January 18, 2023.

Mercury will be directly in front of the sun on January 18, 2023. This is called a Mercury transit. A transit occurs when Mercury passes between Earth and the sun, appearing as a small black dot moving across the sun’s face. 

The last time this happened was on May 9, 2016. The next one won’t happen until November 11, 2032. So if you want to see it, you better mark your calendars now! Transits of Mercury are relatively rare because the orbit of Mercury is inclined by 7 degrees with respect to Earth’s orbit around the sun. As a result, most of the time Mercury passes above or below the sun as seen from our planet.

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