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June 6, 2012 — Venus Transit — Tokyo, Japan

Jun 6, 2012 at 9:59 am
Nearest Sun's center in Tokyo
Global Event: Venus Transit
Local Type: Venus Transit, in Tokyo
Began: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:02 am
Midpoint: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:59 am
Ended: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:06 pm
Duration: 6 hours, 4 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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June 6, 2012 — Venus Transit — Tokyo

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:02 am Wed, Jun 6
Partial Transit begins Venus touches the Sun's edge.Map direction East 81°
29.4°
7:08 am Wed, Jun 6
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°
30.6°
9:59 am Wed, Jun 6
Nearest Sun's center Venus is closest to the center of the Sun as seen from Tokyo.Map direction East-southeast 114°
64.7°
12:49 pm Wed, Jun 6
Full Transit ends Venus is starting to leave the Sun's edge. The black drop effect may again be visible.Map direction Southwest 233°
70.1°
1:06 pm Wed, Jun 6
Partial Transit ends Venus leaves the Sun's edge and concludes the transit.Map direction West-southwest 241°
67.1°

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The animation shows what the 2012 Venus Transit approximately looked like from Tokyo. 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 76% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipse Visibility From TokyoVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
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Jun 16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10–11, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 21, 2012 Annular Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28–29, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 26, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 9, 2016 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 17, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 8, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31–Feb 1, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 6, 2019 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jul 17, 2019 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 26, 2019 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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

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