Solar transit
（重定向自Solar fade）
![An image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it transits the sun](/Images/godic/202502/12/Atlantis_silhouette2617.jpg")
In astronomy, a solar transit is a movement of any object passing between the Sun and the Earth. This mainly includes the planets Mercury and Venus. A solar eclipse is also a solar transit of the Moon, but technically only if it does not cover the entire disc of the Sun (an annular eclipse), as "transit" counts only objects that are smaller than what they are passing in front of. Solar transit is only one of several types of astronomical transit.