Mercury – Page 4 – British Astronomical Association

The transit of Venus, 2012 June 5–6

Paper by Peter Macdonald (JBAA 121, 3, 2011) describing the circumstances of this year’s transit and its visibility from the

Dichotomy By the time this report appears in the Journal, Venus will just have passed through dichotomy. Predicted half-phase will

The large gibbous disk Immediately following superior conjunction, the distant and tiny Venus sets very soon after the Sun. The

Introduction Venus entered eastern elongation from the date of superior conjunction, 2011 August 16. In 2012 June, at the next