TRANSIT OF VENUS 0-4000



                      Transit Contact Times (UT)
                -------------------------------------  Minimum
     Date         I      II   Greatest   III     IV      Sep.
                 h:m     h:m     h:m     h:m     h:m      "

  0060 May 23   23:20   23:34   03:23   07:11   07:25    87.4
  0181 Nov 22   19:36   19:52   23:39   03:27   03:42   114.3
  0303 May 24   03:27   03:42   07:28   11:13   11:28   157.7
  0424 Nov 22   19:01   19:17   23:05   02:54   03:10     9.6
  0546 May 24   07:35   07:50   11:31   15:13   15:28   232.3
  0554 May 22   03:42     -     04:51     -     06:00   933.6
  0667 Nov 23   18:20   18:36   22:24   02:11   02:27    99.2
  0789 May 24   11:33   11:48   15:24   19:00   19:15   307.6
  0797 May 22   06:41   07:18   08:32   09:45   10:23   866.6
  0910 Nov 23   17:28   17:44   21:28   01:11   01:27   207.9
  1032 May 24   15:18   15:34   19:03   22:32   22:48   373.4
  1040 May 22   10:02   10:29   12:23   14:18   14:45   791.8
  1153 Nov 23   16:45   17:01   20:38   00:15   00:31   307.6
  1275 May 25   19:00   19:17   22:37   01:57   02:14   444.9
  1283 May 23   13:04   13:27   15:44   18:01   18:25   733.6
  1396 Nov 23   15:43   16:00   19:25   22:49   23:06   424.3
  1518 May 26   22:28   22:45   01:56   05:06   05:24   505.3
  1526 May 23   16:13   16:34   19:11   21:48   22:08   666.7
  1631 Dec 07   03:51   04:59   05:19   05:40   06:47   939.3
  1639 Dec 04   14:57   15:15   18:25   21:36   21:54   523.6
  1761 Jun 06   02:02   02:20   05:19   08:18   08:37   570.4
  1769 Jun 03   19:15   19:34   22:25   01:16   01:35   609.3
  1874 Dec 09   01:49   02:19   04:07   05:56   06:26   829.9
  1882 Dec 06   13:57   14:17   17:06   19:55   20:15   637.3
  2004 Jun 08   05:13   05:33   08:20   11:07   11:26   626.9
  2012 Jun 06   22:09   22:27   01:29   04:32   04:49   554.4
  2117 Dec 11   23:58   00:21   02:48   05:15   05:38   723.6
  2125 Dec 08   13:15   13:38   16:01   18:24   18:48   736.4
  2247 Jun 11   08:42   09:03   11:33   14:04   14:25   691.3
  2255 Jun 09   01:08   01:25   04:38   07:51   08:08   491.9
  2360 Dec 13   22:32   22:52   01:44   04:35   04:56   625.7
  2368 Dec 10   12:29   13:00   14:45   16:31   17:01   836.4
  2490 Jun 12   11:39   12:02   14:17   16:32   16:55   741.1
  2498 Jun 10   03:48   04:05   07:25   10:45   11:02   442.7
  2603 Dec 16   20:43   21:02   00:13   03:25   03:43   517.1
  2611 Dec 13   12:04   13:07   13:34   14:01   15:04   934.8
  2733 Jun 15   15:02   15:30   17:18   19:06   19:34   808.3
  2741 Jun 13   06:33   06:49   10:17   13:44   14:00   385.6
  2846 Dec 16   19:30   19:47   23:11   02:35   02:52   432.1
  2854 Dec 14     -       -     12:19     -       -    1026.7
  2976 Jun 16   17:45   18:19   19:44   21:10   21:44   850.5
  2984 Jun 14   09:01   09:16   12:49   16:22   16:37   336.3
  3089 Dec 18   17:39   17:55   21:31   01:06   01:23   320.6
  3219 Jun 19   20:50   21:46   22:19   22:52   23:49   908.1
  3227 Jun 17   11:21   11:37   15:13   18:50   19:05   293.4
  3332 Dec 20   16:16   16:32   20:14   23:56   00:12   235.5
  3462 Jun 22   23:29     -     00:27     -     01:26   948.1
  3470 Jun 19   13:31   13:46   17:26   21:07   21:22   247.9
  3575 Dec 23   14:29   14:44   18:32   22:19   22:34   131.5
  3705 Jun 24     -       -     02:32     -       -     989.3
  3713 Jun 21   15:25   15:40   19:22   23:05   23:20   215.2
  3818 Dec 25   12:57   13:12   17:01   20:50   21:05    41.1
  3956 Jun 23   17:22   17:37   21:21   01:06   01:21   175.2

Contact I - The instant when the planet's disk is externally tangent to the Sun (transit begins).
Contact II - The entire disk of the planet is first seen when the planet is internally tangent to the Sun.
Contact III - The planet reaches the opposite limb and is once again internally tangent to the Sun.
Contact IV - The planet's disk is externally tangent to the Sun (transit ends).
Greatest transit is defined as the instant when the planet passes closest to the center of the Sun as seen from the center of Earth.

Transit of Mercury