MERCURY PASSES IN FRONT OF THE SUN TODAY MONDAY .

Mercury will pass in front of the sun today Monday . This is happening for the first time in ten years. You can not see it with your naked eyes, it will appear as a black dot for period of its transit, which may be about seven hours and some minutes, at about 7:12 am and 2:42pm EDT.   NASA disclosed.                              Mercury is the smallest planet in our Solar System. It passes between the Earth and the Sun about thirteen times in a century.  The last known trek was in 2006, while the next one is expected to be in 2019. People are advised to use to view it with a telescope or a high powered binoculars.