[djf]

I agree you would think that.

But wasn’t there a time like last year when Venus transited the Sun, and I remember alot of ballyhoo about it, only happening like once a century or something.

If the weather is good, I might take a look.

[Vaquero]

the last time this happened was March of ‘08 so that is a little over a year....

[messierhunter]

But wasn’t there a time like last year when Venus transited the Sun, and I remember alot of ballyhoo about it

2004, actually. It was the first time anyone alive had seen it. I took special care to photograph it because we only get one more chance to see it in our lifetime, in 2012:


Occultations of planets by the moon aren't terribly rare per se, but they are more location-dependent than a lunar eclipse: http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets/planets.htm