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| Transit of Venus | |
| A transit of Venus is like a solar eclipse but instead of the Moon being in line between the Earth and Sun it is the planet Venus that is directly in line. You can hardly fail to notice a solar eclipse because the Moon, being about the same apparent size as the Sun, blocks it out. Venus, on the other hand looks very much smaller from Earth and so you would have to be especially observing the Sun to see the small disc of Venus passing across it. You would also have to wait a long time. Whereas a solar eclipse occurs every year or so somewhere on Earth you could have been observing the Sun for the last century and still not have seen a transit of Venus. | |
| List of the transit of Venus dates from 1000 BC to 4000 AD | |
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Following are the dates of the transits of Venus for all events from -1000 to +4000. It's interesting to notice that its transits usually occur in pairs, with each separated by almost exactly eight years (or 13 Venus "years"). For example, the last transits were in December 1874 and 1882; the next will be in June 2004 and 2012. That pattern is not inviolable, as you can see... though it has held true since the single transit in 1396, and will continue to be true until the single transit of 3089. Important safety tip: All times are in Dynamical Time (TD), not UT. This is because UT has odd changes in the distant past and future, because the earth's rate of rotation is not constant (and no one was measuring it very precisely in ancient times). The difference is about a minute for modern times, and grows in either direction from the present. Also, all dates are in the Gregorian calendar, including those before 1582. Venus transits, -1000 to +4000: TRANSIT starts at 14 May -920 21:48 TRANSIT ends at 15 May -920 0:26 TRANSIT starts at 12 May -912 12:11 TRANSIT ends at 12 May -912 20:17 TRANSIT starts at 14 Nov -791 3:33 TRANSIT ends at 14 Nov -791 10:35 TRANSIT starts at 11 Nov -783 18:14 TRANSIT ends at 11 Nov -783 22:18 TRANSIT starts at 15 May -669 15:39 TRANSIT ends at 15 May -669 23:51 TRANSIT starts at 16 Nov -548 2:13 TRANSIT ends at 16 Nov -548 9:43 TRANSIT starts at 13 Nov -540 18:05 TRANSIT ends at 13 Nov -540 19:44 TRANSIT starts at 17 May -426 19:01 TRANSIT ends at 18 May -426 3:19 TRANSIT starts at 18 Nov -305 0:29 TRANSIT ends at 18 Nov -305 8:22 TRANSIT starts at 19 May -183 22:21 TRANSIT ends at 20 May -183 6:39 TRANSIT starts at 20 Nov -62 23:09 TRANSIT ends at 21 Nov -62 7:17 TRANSIT starts at 21 May 60 1:45 TRANSIT ends at 21 May 60 10:01 TRANSIT starts at 21 Nov 181 21:38 TRANSIT ends at 22 Nov 181 5:55 TRANSIT starts at 25 May 303 5:07 TRANSIT ends at 25 May 303 13:19 TRANSIT starts at 23 Nov 424 20:22 TRANSIT ends at 24 Nov 424 4:42 TRANSIT starts at 26 May 546 8:39 TRANSIT ends at 26 May 546 16:43 TRANSIT starts at 24 May 554 4:34 TRANSIT ends at 24 May 554 7:26 TRANSIT starts at 26 Nov 667 19:09 TRANSIT ends at 27 Nov 667 3:28 TRANSIT starts at 28 May 789 12:10 TRANSIT ends at 28 May 789 20:04 TRANSIT starts at 26 May 797 7:12 TRANSIT ends at 26 May 797 11:16 TRANSIT starts at 28 Nov 910 17:55 TRANSIT ends at 29 Nov 910 2:05 TRANSIT starts at 30 May 1032 15:37 TRANSIT ends at 30 May 1032 23:18 TRANSIT starts at 28 May 1040 10:16 TRANSIT ends at 28 May 1040 15:18 TRANSIT starts at 30 Nov 1153 16:57 TRANSIT ends at 1 Dec 1153 0:55 TRANSIT starts at 1 Jun 1275 19:06 TRANSIT ends at 2 Jun 1275 2:31 TRANSIT starts at 30 May 1283 13:08 TRANSIT ends at 30 May 1283 18:44 TRANSIT starts at 1 Dec 1396 15:43 TRANSIT ends at 1 Dec 1396 23:20 TRANSIT starts at 4 Jun 1518 22:25 TRANSIT ends at 5 Jun 1518 5:34 TRANSIT starts at 2 Jun 1526 16:10 TRANSIT ends at 2 Jun 1526 22:19 TRANSIT starts at 7 Dec 1631 3:37 TRANSIT ends at 7 Dec 1631 7:04 TRANSIT starts at 4 Dec 1639 14:51 TRANSIT ends at 4 Dec 1639 22:02 TRANSIT starts at 6 Jun 1761 1:55 TRANSIT ends at 6 Jun 1761 8:43 TRANSIT starts at 3 Jun 1769 19:08 TRANSIT ends at 4 Jun 1769 1:42 TRANSIT starts at 9 Dec 1874 1:38 TRANSIT ends at 9 Dec 1874 6:36 TRANSIT starts at 6 Dec 1882 13:48 TRANSIT ends at 6 Dec 1882 20:22 TRANSIT starts at 8 Jun 2004 5:07 TRANSIT ends at 8 Jun 2004 11:33 TRANSIT starts at 5 Jun 2012 22:03 TRANSIT ends at 6 Jun 2012 4:56 TRANSIT starts at 10 Dec 2117 23:54 TRANSIT ends at 11 Dec 2117 5:50 TRANSIT starts at 8 Dec 2125 13:10 TRANSIT ends at 8 Dec 2125 19:01 TRANSIT starts at 11 Jun 2247 8:42 TRANSIT ends at 11 Jun 2247 14:41 TRANSIT starts at 9 Jun 2255 1:11 TRANSIT ends at 9 Jun 2255 8:24 TRANSIT starts at 12 Dec 2360 22:39 TRANSIT ends at 13 Dec 2360 5:18 TRANSIT starts at 10 Dec 2368 12:34 TRANSIT ends at 10 Dec 2368 17:27 TRANSIT starts at 12 Jun 2490 11:53 TRANSIT ends at 12 Jun 2490 17:26 TRANSIT starts at 10 Jun 2498 4:06 TRANSIT ends at 10 Jun 2498 11:31 TRANSIT starts at 15 Dec 2603 21:07 TRANSIT ends at 16 Dec 2603 4:21 TRANSIT starts at 13 Dec 2611 12:21 TRANSIT ends at 13 Dec 2611 15:51 TRANSIT starts at 15 Jun 2733 15:34 TRANSIT ends at 15 Jun 2733 20:27 TRANSIT starts at 13 Jun 2741 7:10 TRANSIT ends at 13 Jun 2741 14:49 TRANSIT starts at 16 Dec 2846 20:17 TRANSIT ends at 17 Dec 2846 3:52 TRANSIT starts at 14 Dec 2854 12:54 TRANSIT ends at 14 Dec 2854 13:34 TRANSIT starts at 16 Jun 2976 18:42 TRANSIT ends at 16 Jun 2976 23:03 TRANSIT starts at 14 Jun 2984 10:04 TRANSIT ends at 14 Jun 2984 17:52 TRANSIT starts at 18 Dec 3089 18:55 TRANSIT ends at 19 Dec 3089 2:51 TRANSIT starts at 19 Jun 3219 22:15 TRANSIT ends at 20 Jun 3219 1:43 TRANSIT starts at 17 Jun 3227 12:57 TRANSIT ends at 17 Jun 3227 20:52 TRANSIT starts at 20 Dec 3332 18:08 TRANSIT ends at 21 Dec 3332 2:16 TRANSIT starts at 22 Jun 3462 1:28 TRANSIT ends at 22 Jun 3462 4:04 TRANSIT starts at 19 Jun 3470 15:46 TRANSIT ends at 19 Jun 3470 23:48 TRANSIT starts at 23 Dec 3575 17:01 TRANSIT ends at 24 Dec 3575 1:19 TRANSIT starts at 24 Jun 3705 4:58 TRANSIT ends at 24 Jun 3705 6:10 TRANSIT starts at 21 Jun 3713 18:24 TRANSIT ends at 22 Jun 3713 2:29 TRANSIT starts at 25 Dec 3818 16:17 TRANSIT ends at 26 Dec 3818 0:37 TRANSIT starts at 23 Jun 3956 21:11 TRANSIT ends at 24 Jun 3956 5:21 TRANSIT starts at 26 Dec 4061 15:38 TRANSIT ends at 26 Dec 4061 23:59 TRANSIT starts at 25 Jun 4199 23:45 TRANSIT ends at 26 Jun 4199 7:57 TRANSIT starts at 29 Dec 4304 15:07 TRANSIT ends at 29 Dec 4304 23:23 TRANSIT starts at 28 Jun 4442 2:34 TRANSIT ends at 28 Jun 4442 10:48
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