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Transit of Venus | Time, Visibility, Live Webcast Coverage

Transit of Venus | Time, Visibility, Live Webcast Coverage

GEOCENTRIC TIME OF THE TRANSIT’S MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS

 

  • Contact I (Venus disk is externally tangent to the Sun) > 22:09:38 UT Position Angle 41°
  • Contact II (Venu is internally tangent to the Sun) > 22:27:34 UT Position Angle 38°
  • Greatest (instant when Venus passes closest to the Sun’s center) > 01:29:36 Position Angle 345°
  • Contact III (Venus reaches opposite limb & once again internally tangent to the Sun) > 04:31:39 Position Angle 293°
  • Contact IV (Venus’ limb is externally tangent to the Sun) > 04:49:35 Position Angle 290°

 

Source: NASA Eclipse Web Site

 

VENUS TRANSITS 1601-2200
(Date, Time, Hora, Separation in Years)

  • 1631 Dec 07 05:19 939 “
  • 1639 Dec 04 18:26 524 “
  • 1761 Jun 06 05:19 570 “
  • 1769 Jun 03 22:25 609 “
  • 1874 Dec 09 04:07 830 “
  • 1882 Dec 06 17:06 637 “
  • 2004 Jun 08 08:20 627 “
  • 2012 Jun 06 01:28 553 “
  • 2117 Dec 11 02:48 724 “
  • 2125 Dec 08 16:01 733 “

 

VISIBILITY

SEARCH YOUR LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES

NASA’s website prepared two spreadsheets files that can perform calculations for any geographic position. Simply enter the location name, latitude and longitude. Each of the tables then calculates the altitude of the Sun at that location for every contact and for every transit in the table. See the tables towards the end of the page at ‘Local Circumstances for Transit of Venus’

LIVE WEBCAST COVERAGE

ADDITIONAL INFO

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