List of the Venus transits of the third millennium

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Venus transit on June 8, 2004

The list of the Venus transits of the third millennium contains all Venus transits from 2001 to 3000 that were and will be visible from Earth.

Overview

In the third millennium, a total of 18 Venus transits occur, which is the maximum. There are 8 or 9 constellations per millennium, in which one or two transits are possible. The minimum is 8 relatively central single transits, the maximum is 9 transit pairs, i.e. 18 non-central transits. The first transit took place on June 8, 2004, the last of this period will take place on June 14, 2984.

A Venus transit can occur either at the ascending or descending orbit node . The ascending node transits fall in December. This form of transit occurs a total of eight times. Consequently, in the third millennium there are ten transits at the descending node, each falling in June. In transit, Venus has an average minimum distance of 10 ′ 54.6 ″ from the center of the Sun. The closest-spaced transit will take place on June 14, 2984, when Venus passes the center of the Sun at a distance of 5 '36.3 "(about five times more than the apparent diameter of Venus' disk). The farthest away from the center it will pass the sun on December 14, 2854, at an angular distance of 17 ′ 06.7 ″ it will only touch the southern edge of the sun.

All transits of this millennium occurred in pairs, with almost eight years between the transits. After such a transit pair, there will be no further Venus transit for over 100 years. During the transit in 2854, however, Venus will only graze the edge of the sun. In the fourth millennium there will be predominantly central individual transits without a transit 8 years earlier or later. Seen from Earth, Venus passes just above or below the solar disk during these times, so no transit can be observed from Earth.

Legend

Note: All times are given in UTC .

  • Date : The date is given in the Gregorian calendar . For transits that extend over two days, the date of the middle of the transit (in UTC) is given.
The scheme of the four contacts
  • Beginning: The first contact of the Venus disk with the sun represents the beginning of the transit. The time (UTC) is given for all contacts
  • II. Contact: On the second contact, the planet's disk is completely in front of the sun for the first time.
  • Middle: The middle of the transit is the time at which the transit is closest to the center of the sun.
  • III. Contact: On the third contact, the planet's disk is completely in front of the sun for the last time, after which the disk begins to exit.
  • End: The end of the transit is also known as the fourth contact. Here Venus has completely stepped out of the sun.
  • Minimum distance to the center: The minimum apparent distance that the disk of Venus has during the greatest transit from the center of the sun. The distance is - as usual with astronomical observations - in the apparent size , measured in angular minutes - and seconds .
  • Visibility Area : The area in which the full transit was visible. In addition, the areas are named where the transit was only partially visible. It could be seen either at sunrise (only the end of the transit was visible) or at sunset (only the beginning was visible).
  • Source: Names a source for the visibility area. There is a map of this area in each case. All other data comes from NASA's website (see below).

list

date Beginning II. Contact center III. Contact The End Minimal
distance
to the center 		Visibility area source
0June 8, 2004 05:13 05:33 08:20 11:07 11:26 10 ′ 26.9 ″ Complete: Asia, Europe, Africa

At sunrise: West North America, West Africa, Brazil
At sunset: East Asia, Australia

0June 6, 2012 22:10 22:27 01:30 04:32 04:50 9 ′ 34.4 ″ Complete: East Asia, Australia, Alaska

At sunrise: Europe, India, East Africa
At sunset: North America

December 11, 2117 00:02 00:25 02:52 05:19 05:42 12 ′ 03.6 ″ Complete: Australia, East Asia, Antarctica

At sunrise: West Asia, East Africa
At sunset: East Pacific, California

0December 8, 2125 13:19 13:43 16:06 18:29 18:52 12 ′ 16.4 ″ Complete: Northwest America, South America, Antarctica

At sunrise: New Zealand, Central Pacific.
At sunset: Europe, Africa

June 11, 2247 08:51 09:12 11:42 14:13 14:34 11 ′ 31.3 ″ Complete: Siberia, Europe, Africa

At sunrise: North America, South America
At sunset: Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean

0June 9, 2255 01:17 01:34 04:48 08:01 08:18 8 ′ 11.8 ″ Complete: Asia, Indonesia, Western Australia

At sunrise: Europe, Africa
At sunset: Pacific, Eastern Australia, Western North America

December 13, 2360 22:47 23:07 01:59 04:50 05:10 10 ′ 25.7 ″ Complete: Australia, Western Oceania, Japan, Antarctica

At sunrise: Central Asia, Southeast Africa.
At sunset: East Pacific, West America

December 10, 2368 12:44 13:15 15:00 16:46 17:16 13 ′ 56.4 ″ Full: Northwest America, South America, West Africa, Antarctica

At sunrise: Northwest America, Central Pacific.
At sunset: Europe, East Africa

June 12, 2490 12:02 12:25 14:40 16:54 17:18 12 ′ 21.1 ″ Full: Europe, West Africa, North America, South America

At sunrise: East Pacific.
At sunset: East Africa, India, Central Asia

June 10, 2498 04:12 04:28 07:49 11:09 11:25 7 ′ 22.7 ″ Complete: Europe, Asia, Northeast Africa

At sunrise: South West Africa, Brazil, East North America.
At sunset: Australia, Indonesia, Japan, West Pacific

December 16, 2603 21:14 21:33 00:44 03:56 04:14 8 ′ 37.1 ″ Complete: Australia, Oceania, Antarctica

At sunrise: East Asia, India, Southeast Africa
At sunset: North America, South America

December 13, 2611 12:36 13:38 14:06 14:34 15:36 15 ′ 34.8 ″ Complete: Africa, Western Europe

At sunrise: South America, Eastern North America.
At sunset: Eastern Europe, Arabia

June 15, 2733 15:02 3:30 p.m. 17:18 19:06 19:34 13 ′ 28.9 ″
June 13, 2741 06:33 06:49 10:17 13:44 14:00 6 ′ 25.6 ″
December 16, 2846 7:30 p.m. 19:47 23:11 02:35 02:52 7 ′ 12.1 ″
December 14, 2854 12:19 17 ′ 06.7 ″ Venus only grazes the edge of the sun
June 16, 2976 17:45 18:19 19:44 21:10 21:44 14 ′ 10.6 ″
June 14, 2984 09:01 09:16 12:49 16:22 16:37 5 ′ 36.3 ″

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fred Espenak: Six Millennium Catalog of Venus Transits , accessed June 3, 2012
  2. ^ Transit of Venus at the HM Nautical Almanac Office, accessed on June 3, 2012
  3. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2004 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  4. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2012 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  5. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2117 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  6. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2125 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  7. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2247 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  8. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2255 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  9. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2360 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  10. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2368 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  11. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2490 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  12. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2498 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  13. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2603 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  14. ↑ HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2611 Transit of Venus , accessed June 3, 2012
  15. ↑ [1] (PDF file; 1.21 MB), accessed on June 3, 2012