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June 5, 2012 — Venus Transit — Fairbanks, AK, USA

Jun 5, 2012 at 4:56 pm
Nearest Sun's center in Fairbanks
Global Event: Venus Transit
Local Type: Venus Transit, in Fairbanks
Began: Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Midpoint: Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:56 pm
Ended: Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Duration: 6 hours, 5 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

June 5, 2012 — Venus Transit — Fairbanks

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:02 pm Tue, Jun 5
Partial Transit begins Venus touches the Sun's edge.Map direction South 184°
47.8°
2:04 pm Tue, Jun 5
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 South 185°
47.8°
4:56 pm Tue, Jun 5
Nearest Sun's center Venus is closest to the center of the Sun as seen from Fairbanks.Map direction West-southwest 238°
38.1°
7:49 pm Tue, Jun 5
Full Transit ends Venus is starting to leave the Sun's edge. The black drop effect may again be visible.Map direction West 280°
20.4°
8:07 pm Tue, Jun 5
Partial Transit ends Venus leaves the Sun's edge and concludes the transit.Map direction West-northwest 283°
18.6°

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

Cloud Coverage (Jun 5)

In the past, this day was cloudy 71% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Fairbanks

Eclipse Visibility From FairbanksVisibility Worldwide
Jun 26, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 20–21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 1, 2011 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 20, 2012 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jun 5, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 14–15, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 2014 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 23, 2014 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27, 2015 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 8, 2016 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 23, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Feb 10, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

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