A transit occurs when Venus reaches conjunction with the Sun at or near one of its nodes—the longitude where Venus passes through the Earth's orbital plane (the ecliptic)—and appears to pass directly across the Sun.
Sebuah transit terjadi ketika Venus mencapai konjungsi dengan Matahari di atau dekat salah satu nodenya — posisi bujur dimana Venus melintasi bidang orbit Bumi (ekliptika) — dan tampak bergerak langsung melintasi Matahari.