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June 6, 2012 — Venus Transit — Rakvere, Estonia

Jun 6, 2012 at 4:08 am
Nearest Sun's center in Rakvere
Global Event: Venus Transit
Local Type: Venus Transit, in Rakvere
Began: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:03 am
Midpoint: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:08 am
Ended: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:13 am
Duration: 3 hours, 9 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

June 6, 2012 — Venus Transit — Rakvere

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:05 am Wed, Jun 6
Transit ongoing during sunrise Venus Transit is already ongoing during sunrise in Rakvere.
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 Northeast for the best view of the transit.		Map direction Northeast 38°
-0.1°
4:08 am Wed, Jun 6
Nearest Sun's center Venus is closest to the center of the Sun as seen from Rakvere.
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 Northeast for the best view of the transit.		Map direction Northeast 39°
0.1°
6:55 am Wed, Jun 6
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 74°
17.3°
7:13 am Wed, Jun 6
Partial Transit ends Venus leaves the Sun's edge and concludes the transit.Map direction East-northeast 77°
19.4°

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The animation shows what the 2012 Venus Transit approximately looked like from Rakvere. The curvature of the planet's path is due to the Earth's rotation.

Cloud Coverage (Jun 6)

In the past, this day was cloudy 56% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Rakvere

Eclipse Visibility From RakvereVisibility Worldwide
Dec 21, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 4, 2011 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 15–16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 25–26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 20, 2015 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 16, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 11, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27–28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 11, 2018 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jan 21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

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

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