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Lower Transit The time a celestial body crosses a longitude equal to your longitude plus 180°. This is in a sense the exact opposite of meridian passage. This time and concept have little practical application in celestial navigation, other than the application to circumpolar stars discussed under meridian passage. Upper transit, on the other hand, is just another name for meridian passage. See: Meridian Passage.

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