A.5 Transits of Mercury (5-7 every 46 years; occur in daylight)

Transits occur around November 10 (or May 9, indicated by *) in the following years.

1677 1690 1697 1707* 1710

1723 1736 1740* 1743 1753* 1756

1769 1776 1782 1786* 1789 1799* 1802

1815 1822 1832* 1835 1845* 1848

1861 1868 1878* 1881 1891* 1894

1907 1914 1924* 1927 1940

1953 1957* 1960 1970* 1973 1986 1993

1999 2003* 2006 2016* 2019 2032 2039

2049* 2052 2062* 2065 2078 2085

2095* 2098 2108* 2111 2124 2131

2141* 2144 2154* 2157 2170 2177

Transits repeat approximately every 46 years after a series of 5-7 transits. The intervals within the series are 3.5, 7, 9.5, or 13 years. Note that 145 Mercury synodic orbits = 46 solar years + 1.1 days.

Transits of Mercury last up to 6 hours.

See EclipseBegin[Sun, Mercury, Earth, neardate].