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June 8, 2004 — Venus Transit — Bantam, Cocos Islands

Jun 8, 2004 at 3:06 pm
Nearest Sun's center in Bantam
Global Event: Venus Transit
Local Type: Venus Transit, in Bantam
Began: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 12:12 pm
Midpoint: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 3:06 pm
Ended: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 5:44 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 32 minutes

All Âé¶¹Ó³»­ shown on this page are local time.

Location

June 8, 2004 — Venus Transit — Bantam

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Bantam. Stages and Âé¶¹Ó³»­ of the eclipse are outlined below. All Âé¶¹Ó³»­ were local time (CCT) for Bantam.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
12:12 pm Tue, Jun 8
Partial Transit begins Venus touches the Sun's edge.Map direction North 355°
54.9°
12:30 pm 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 North-northwest 348°
54.3°
3:06 pm Tue, Jun 8
Nearest Sun's center Venus is closest to the center of the Sun as seen from Bantam.Map direction Northwest 307°
32.8°
5:42 pm Tue, Jun 8
Transit ongoing during sunset Venus Transit is already ongoing during sunset in Bantam.
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 West-northwest for the best view of the transit.
Map direction West-northwest 293°
0.1°

The animation shows what the 2004 Venus Transit approximately looked like from Bantam. The curvature of the planet's path is due to the Earth's rotation.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Bantam

Eclipse Visibility From BantamVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5–6, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 4, 2002 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 9, 2003 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7–8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 26, 2009 Annular Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009–Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in Bantam

Next annular eclipse visible in Bantam

Other eclipses visible in Bantam

Other eclipses worldwide