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June 8, 2004 — Venus Transit — Praia, Cabo Verde

Jun 8, 2004 at 7:46 am
Nearest Sun's center in Praia
Global Event: Venus Transit
Local Type: Venus Transit, in Praia
Began: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 6:03 am
Midpoint: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 7:46 am
Ended: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 10:33 am
Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

June 8, 2004 — Venus Transit — Praia

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Praia. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (CVT) for Praia.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
6:05 am Tue, Jun 8
Transit ongoing during sunrise Venus Transit is already ongoing during sunrise in Praia.
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 East-northeast for the best view of the transit.		Map direction East-northeast 66°
0.2°
7:46 am Tue, Jun 8
Nearest Sun's center Venus is closest to the center of the Sun as seen from Praia.Map direction East-northeast 70°
22.3°
10:19 am Tue, Jun 8
Full Transit ends Venus is starting to leave 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 East-northeast 70°
57.4°
10:33 am Tue, Jun 8
Partial Transit ends Venus leaves the Sun's edge and concludes the transit.Map direction East-northeast 69°
60.6°

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The animation shows what the 2004 Venus Transit approximately looked like from Praia. 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 31% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Praia

Eclipse Visibility From PraiaVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 19–20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 8–9, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 4, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 27–28, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 14–15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 22, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2006 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Mar 3–4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 5–6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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