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Venus will pass across the disk of the Sun during a rare transit on 2004 June 08. This uncommon event will be visible from many locations including Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and eastern North and South America. The following table presents detailed predictions for a number of cities. First, the approximate times of sunrise and sunset (Sun's upper limb) are given in Universal Time for a given city. The starting (ingress) and ending (egress) times for each stage of the transit are provided along with the corresponding altitude of the Sun.
Note that the transit is not visible from Mexico (except Yucatan where egress occurs during sunrise).
For locations in other parts of the world, see 2004 Transit of Venus.
------------------- T r a n s i t C o n t a c t s ------------------- Contact I Contact II Contact III Contact IV ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Location Name Sunrise Sunset External Sun Internal Sun Greatest Sun Internal Sun External Sun Ingress Alt Ingress Alt Transit Alt Egress Alt Egress Alt h m h m h m s ° h m s ° h m s ° h m s ° h m s ° Costa Rica San Jose 11:11 00:00 -- - -- - -- - -- - 11:29:09 2
Honduras San Pedro Sula 11:22 00:21 -- - -- - -- - -- - 11:28:23 1 Tegucigalpa 11:21 00:15 -- - -- - -- - -- - 11:28:34 1 Merida 11:17 00:38 -- - -- - -- - -- - 11:27:41 2
Nicaragua Managua 11:21 00:08 -- - -- - -- - -- - 11:28:49 1
Panama Panama City 10:59 23:35 -- - -- - -- - 11:09:35 2 11:29:25 6
------------------- T r a n s i t C o n t a c t s ------------------- Contact I Contact II Contact III Contact IV ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Location Name Sunrise Sunset External Sun Internal Sun Greatest Sun Internal Sun External Sun Ingress Alt Ingress Alt Transit Alt Egress Alt Egress Alt h m h m h m s ° h m s ° h m s ° h m s ° h m s ° Bahamas Nassau 10:20 23:57 -- - -- - -- - 11:07:46 9 11:27:41 14
Barbados Bridgetown 09:31 22:24 -- - -- - -- - 11:09:45 21 11:29:24 26
Cuba Camaguey 10:30 23:51 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:12 8 11:28:06 12 Guantanamo 10:22 23:38 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:27 10 11:28:19 14 Holguin 10:24 23:44 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:19 9 11:28:12 13 Havana 10:43 00:14 -- - -- - -- - 11:07:47 4 11:27:45 9 Santa Clara 10:36 00:02 -- - -- - -- - 11:07:59 6 11:27:55 10 Santiago de Cuba 10:24 23:40 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:27 9 11:28:19 13
Dominican Republic La Vega 10:05 23:18 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:44 13 11:28:33 18 San Francisco Mac* 10:03 23:17 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:44 14 11:28:33 18 Santiago 10:05 23:19 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:42 13 11:28:31 18 Santo Domingo 10:03 23:14 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:51 14 11:28:39 18
Grenada Saint George's 09:43 22:29 -- - -- - -- - 11:09:49 19 11:29:29 24
Guadeloupe Basse-Terre 09:36 22:36 -- - -- - -- - 11:09:21 20 11:29:03 25
Haiti Port-au-Prince 10:12 23:25 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:45 12 11:28:35 16
Jamaica Kingston 10:31 23:41 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:39 7 11:28:31 12 Montego Bay 10:36 23:46 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:33 7 11:28:26 11 Spanish Town 10:33 23:41 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:39 7 11:28:31 12
Martinique Fort-de-France 09:35 22:32 -- - -- - -- - 11:09:32 21 11:29:13 25
Netherlands Antilles Willemstad, Curac* 10:11 22:58 -- - -- - -- - 11:09:38 13 11:29:23 17
Puerto Rico Arecibo 09:51 23:01 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:56 17 11:28:42 21 Bayamon 09:49 22:59 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:58 17 11:28:43 22 Carolina 09:48 22:58 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:58 17 11:28:44 22 Mayaguez 09:53 23:02 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:57 16 11:28:44 21 Ponce 09:51 23:00 -- - -- - -- - 11:09:00 17 11:28:46 21 San Juan 09:48 22:59 -- - -- - -- - 11:08:57 17 11:28:43 22
St. Lucia Castries 09:36 22:30 -- - -- - -- - 11:09:37 20 11:29:17 25
St. Vincent & Grenad Kingstown 09:39 22:29 -- - -- - -- - 11:09:42 20 11:29:22 25
Trinidad & Tobago Port-of-Spain 09:44 22:27 -- - -- - -- - 11:09:59 19 11:29:38 23
Virgin Is. (US) Charlotte Am., St* 09:44 22:54 -- - -- - -- - 11:09:00 18 11:28:45 23
All transit calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Transit Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC"
Transit Predictions & Webmaster: Fred Espenak Email: espenak@gsfc.nasa.gov Planteary Systems Laboratory - Code 693
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Last revised: 2003 Dec 23 - F. Espenak