A Rare Transit Of Mercury Will Take Place This Monday – Here’s How To Watch It Live

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Transit of Mercury on November 8, 2006 from the Solar Observatory SOHO. NASA

On Monday, May 9, Mercury will slowly make its way across the Sun’s disk. The transit of Mercury is a rare event, as we've discussed before, with only about a dozen occurring every century. This one will be visible in full from the easternmost side of the Americas, western Europe, and north-west Africa. It lasts several hours, so people from Bangladesh to California will be able to catch at least part of this astronomical event.