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June 8, 2004 — Venus Transit — Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Jun 8, 2004 at 10:42 am
Nearest Sun's center in Düsseldorf
Global Event: Venus Transit
Local Type: Venus Transit, in Düsseldorf
Began: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 7:50 am
Midpoint: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 10:42 am
Ended: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 1:33 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 42 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

June 8, 2004 — Venus Transit — Düsseldorf

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:50 am Tue, Jun 8
Partial Transit begins Venus touches the Sun's edge.Map direction East-northeast 78°
20.6°
8:10 am 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 East 82°
23.6°
10:42 am Tue, Jun 8
Nearest Sun's center Venus is closest to the center of the Sun as seen from Düsseldorf.Map direction East-southeast 114°
46.9°
1:13 pm Tue, Jun 8
Full Transit ends Venus is starting to leave the Sun's edge. The black drop effect may again be visible.Map direction South 171°
61.5°
1:33 pm Tue, Jun 8
Partial Transit ends Venus leaves the Sun's edge and concludes the transit.Map direction South 180°
61.7°

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The animation shows what the 2004 Venus Transit approximately looked like from Düsseldorf. 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 71% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipse Visibility From DüsseldorfVisibility Worldwide
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Jan 9, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24–25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 31, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8–9, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 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 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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