2012 transit of Venus
The 2012 transit of Venus, when the planet Venus appeared as a small, dark spot passing across the face of the Sun, began at 22:09 UTC on 5 June 2012, and finished at 04:49 UTC on 6 June. Depending on the position of the observer, the exact times varied by up to ±7 minutes. Transits of Venus are among the rarest of predictable celestial phenomena and occur in pairs. Consecutive transits per pair are spaced 8 years apart, and consecutive pairs occur more than a century apart: The previous transit of Venus took place on 8 June 2004 (preceded by transits on 9 December 1874 and 6 December 1882); the next pair of transits will occur on 10–11 December 2117 and December 2125 within the 22nd century.
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Venus
CEL
Q525
Sun
CEL
Q1536
UTC
Concept
Q185203
Transits of Venus
DIS
Q483247
phenomena
Concept
Q1148320
previous transit
DIS
Q26224
22nd century
TIME
Q1201935
2012 transit of Venus
DIS
2012-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2012
DATE
2012-06-05T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
5 June 2012
DATE
2004-06-08T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
8 June 2004
DATE
1874-12-09T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
9 December 1874
DATE
1882-12-06T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
6 December 1882
DATE
2117-12-11T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
11 December 2117
DATE
2125-12-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
December 2125
DATE
+22^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
22
NUMBER
+09^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
09
NUMBER
+04^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
04
NUMBER
+49^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
49
NUMBER
+6^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
6
NUMBER
+7^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
7
NUMBER
+8^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
8
NUMBER
+10^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
10
NUMBER
+22^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
22
NUMBER
start time
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parent astronomical body
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