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June 8, 2004 — Venus Transit — Wanglaojia, Jiangsu, China

Jun 8, 2004 at 4:35 pm
Nearest Sun's center in Wanglaojia
Global Event: Venus Transit
Local Type: Venus Transit, in Wanglaojia
Began: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 1:43 pm
Midpoint: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 4:35 pm
Ended: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 7:26 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 43 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

June 8, 2004 — Venus Transit — Wanglaojia

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:43 pm Tue, Jun 8
Partial Transit begins Venus touches the Sun's edge.Map direction West-southwest 244°
67.2°
2:02 pm Tue, Jun 8
Full Transit begins Venus is fully within the Sun's edge. Watch out for the black drop effect, an optical illusion seemingly connecting Venus's disc to the Sun's edge.Map direction West-southwest 250°
63.5°
4:35 pm Tue, Jun 8
Nearest Sun's center Venus is closest to the center of the Sun.Map direction West 276°
32.5°
7:09 pm Tue, Jun 8
Full Transit ends Venus is starting to leave the Sun's edge. The black drop effect may again be visible.
Sun close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-northwest.		Map direction West-northwest 296°
2.4°
7:23 pm Tue, Jun 8
Partial Transit ends Venus leaves the Sun's edge and concludes the transit.
Since the Sun is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to West-northwest for the best view of the transit.		Map direction West-northwest 298°
0.2°

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This is how the 2004 Venus Transit looked close to the center of the area where it was visible. Note: The location was in the Northern Hemisphere. The transit path can vary depending on your location. The curvature of the planet's path is due to the Earth's rotation.

Cloud Coverage (Jun 8)

In the past, this day was cloudy 60% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Wanglaojia

Eclipse Visibility From WanglaojiaVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16–17, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 11, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 9, 2003 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 19, 2007 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 9–10, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Wanglaojia, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown transit is highlighted.

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