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June 8, 2004 — Venus Transit — Hovd, Mongolia (Khovd)

Jun 8, 2004 at 4:37 pm
Nearest Sun's center in Hovd
Global Event: Venus Transit
Local Type: Venus Transit, in Hovd
Began: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 1:46 pm
Midpoint: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 4:37 pm
Ended: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 at 7:29 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 43 minutes

All Â鶹ӳ»­ shown on this page are local time.

Location

June 8, 2004 — Venus Transit — Hovd

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Hovd. Stages and Â鶹ӳ»­ of the eclipse are outlined below. All Â鶹ӳ»­ were local time (HOVST) for Hovd.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:46 pm Tue, Jun 8
Partial Transit begins Venus touches the Sun's edge.Map direction South 176°
64.8°
2:05 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 South 186°
64.8°
4:37 pm Tue, Jun 8
Nearest Sun's center Venus is closest to the center of the Sun as seen from Hovd.Map direction West-southwest 247°
48.9°
7:09 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 West 278°
23.8°
7:29 pm Tue, Jun 8
Partial Transit ends Venus leaves the Sun's edge and concludes the transit.Map direction West-northwest 281°
20.6°

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The animation shows what the 2004 Venus Transit approximately looked like from Hovd. 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 39% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Hovd

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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
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 31, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 9, 2003 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 28, 2004 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 19, 2007 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2008 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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