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Local Circumstances for
the Transit of Venus, 2004 June 8

In Québec

Location Latitude Longitude Sunrise Contact 3 Contact 4
Chicoutimi 48°26' N 71°04' W 4:45 7:05:00 (20°) 7:24:59 (24°)
Gatineau 45°26' N 75°43' W 5:16 7:05:15 (17°) 7:25:15 (20°)
Montréal 45°31' N 73°34' W 5:06 7:05:18 (18°) 7:25:18 (22°)
Québec 46°49' N 71°14' W 4:51 7:05:12 (20°) 7:25:11 (23°)
Sherbrooke 45°24' N 71°54' W 4:58 7:05:22 (19°) 7:25:20 (23°)
Trois-Rivières 46°21' N 72°33' W 4:59 7:05:14 (19°) 7:25:13 (22°)

Elsewhere in Canada

Location Latitude Longitude Sunrise Contact 3 Contact 4
Moncton (NB) 46°05' N 64°47' W 5:29 8:05:27 (24°) 8:25:22 (28°)
Saint-John (NB) 45°16' N 66°03' W 5:37 8:05:31 (23°) 8:25:27 (27°)
Halifax (NS) 44°36' N 63°36' W 5:30 8:05:39 (25°) 8:25:33 (28°)
Charlottetown (PEI) 46°14' N 63°08' W 5:21 8:05:27 (25°) 8:25:22 (29°)
Toronto (ON) 43°39' N 79°23' W 5:35 7:05:21 (14°) 7:25:23 (17°)
Sudbury (ON) 46°28' N 81°00' W 5:29 7:04:57 (13°) 7:25:00 (17°)
Winnipeg (MB) 49°53' N 97°09' W 5:19 6:03:56  (5°) 6:24:05   (8°)
Regina (SK) 50°25' N 104°39' W 4:43 5:03:17   (1°) 5:23:28   (4°)
Calgary (AB) 51°10' N 114°35' W Transit Not Observable
Edmonton (AB) 53°33' N 113°28' W 5:19 Before Sunrise 5:23:02   (1°)
Vancouver (BC) 49°16' N 123°07' W Transit Not Observable
Victoria (BC) 48°26' N 123°23' W Transit Not Observable
Yellowknife (NWT) 62°27' N 114°21' W 3:46 5:07   (5°) 5:26   (7°)

Peculiar cases: maximum transit observable

Location Latitude Longitude Sunrise Maximum Contact 3 Contact 4
St. John's (NF) 47°34' N 52°43' W 5:04 5:52:56 (6°) 8:35:25 (33°) 8:55:15 (36°)
Iqualuit (NT) 63°45' N 68°33' W 2:22 4:20:50 (7°) 7:03:13 (24°) 7:23:12 (26°)

Peculiar case: transit occurs on the previous evening, June 7

Location Latitude Longitude Contact 1 Contact 2 Sunset
Whitehorse (YK) 60°43' N 135°03' W 22:13 (5°) 22:33 (3°) 23:26

Notes: All times are given as local civil time (daylight time in most locations).
Figures between (parentheses) indicate the height of the sun above the local horizon (in degrees).

Data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
(http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/transit/TV2004/city-CAN.html)


 

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