Transit of Venus on June 06, 2012

Year 2012 is very special for us because of various reasons including Transit of Venus on Jun 06, 2012. Yes, Transit of Venus is going to be one of the very unique event of our entire Life.

What is Transit of Venus..?

When Venus passes between Earth and Sun, the event is known as Transit of Venus. Transit of Venus occurs in a particular manner where a pair of transits occur in duration of 8 years and this pattern repeats in every 243 years. The First of this pair occured June 08, 2004 and after 8 years, now it is time for second transit of that pair, which is going to happen on June 06, 2012...


Visible timing in India:

03:39:21 -- Ingress exterior (Transit of Venus begins)
03:57:09 -- Ingress interior (Start of Umbra)
05:22:13 -- Transit of Venus visible at sunrise
07:10:23 -- Maximum Transit (center of Transit)
10:05:06 -- Egress interior (End of Umbra)
10:22:25 -- Egress exterior (Transit of Venus ends)

Start point of Transit is calculated when the planet's disk is externally tangent with the Sun. Then Venus will traverse across the Sun's disk as a black spot and it will take around 5-6 hours for this. Then Venus will reach to the opposite solar limb. The time when the planet's disk will again become tangent with the Sun will be calculated as End point of Transit.