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June 6, 2012 — Venus Transit — Doha, Qatar (Ad Dawhah)

Jun 6, 2012 at 4:45 am
Near max in Doha
Global Event: Venus Transit
Local Type: Venus Transit, in Doha
Began: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:42 am
Midpoint: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:44 am
Ended: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:13 am
Duration: 2 hours, 31 minutes

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

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June 6, 2012 — Venus Transit — Doha

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:43 am Wed, Jun 6
Transit ongoing during sunrise Venus Transit is already ongoing during sunrise in Doha.
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 East-northeast for the best view of the transit.
Map direction East-northeast 64°
-0.1°
4:44 am Wed, Jun 6
Nearest Sun's center Venus is closest to the center of the Sun as seen from Doha.
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 East-northeast for the best view of the transit.
Map direction East-northeast 64°
0.1°
6:56 am Wed, Jun 6
Full Transit ends Venus is starting to leave 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-northeast 76°
27.6°
7:13 am Wed, Jun 6
Partial Transit ends Venus leaves the Sun's edge and concludes the transit.Map direction East-northeast 77°
31.4°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Doha

Eclipse Visibility From DohaVisibility Worldwide
Jan 15, 2010 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Jan 4, 2011 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 15–16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 25–26, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 3, 2013 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 4, 2015 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 16, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 11, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7, 2017 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 2018 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27–28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 21, 2019 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Dec 26, 2019 Annular Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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

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