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Transit Of Venus, 2004The most recent transit of Venus when observed from Earth took place on June 8 2004. It was given a lot of attention, since it was the first Venus transit to take place after the invention of broadcast media. At the time, no human alive had witnessed a Venus transit. Visibility The transit was best seen from Europe, Asia and Africa, although eastern North America caught the end of it. Western North America did not see it at all, nor did Hawaii or New Zealand. The regions from which the transit were visible are shown on the map to the right.
Timing The following table and image give times for various events (respectively, first contact, second contact, the mid-point, third contact and fourth contact) during of the transit on June 8, 2004 for a hypothetical observer at the center of the Earth. Due to parallax, actual observed times may differ by as much as ±7 minutes at different observation points on Earth. colspan=5|Times (UTC) for observations
of the transit on June 8, 2004 | | I !! II !! Mid !! III !! IV | | 05:13:29 | 05:32:55 | 08:19:44 | 11:06:33 | 11:25:59 | | olspan=5| | Images
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