Venus will appear as a small dark dot crossing sun’s face for last time in this century today. Last transit of Venus in our lifetimes! Transit times and more here.
Venus transit day is here! The brightest planet, Venus, will pass right in front of the sun beginning at 22:09 UTC today (5:09 p.m. CDT on June 5 in the U.S.). Greatest transit is at 1:29 UTC on June 6 (9:29 p.m. CDT on June 5, or after sunset in the central U.S.). More about transit times below. This transit of Venus will be the last one for the 21st century. It will take place across a period of nearly seven hours on June 5-6, 2012, and, for many places, sunrise or sunset will occur while the transit is in progress. During the transit, Venus will appear in silhouette as a small, dark dot moving in front of the solar disk. This exceedingly rare astronomical event – a transit of Venus – won’t happen again until December 11, 2117.
More info and images at: http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/last-transit-of-venus-in-21st-century-will-happen-in-june-2012
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