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Local Circumstances for
the Transit of Venus, 2012 June 5

In Québec

Location Latitude Longitude Contact 1 Contact 2 Maximum Coucher
Chicoutimi 48°26' N 71°04' O 18:03:37 (23°) 18:21:15 (20°) 20:41
Drummondville 45°53' N 72°29' O 18:03:40 (24°) 18:21:19 (21°) 20:36
Gatineau 45°26' N 75°43' O 18:03:47 (26°) 18:21:25 (23°) 20:47
Montréal 45°31' N 73°34' O 18:03:42 (24°) 18:21:21 (21°) 20:39
Québec City 46°49' N 71°14' O 18:03:37 (23°) 18:21:16 (20°) 20:35
Sherbrooke 45°24' N 71°54' O 18:03:39 (23°) 18:21:18 (20°) 20:32
Trois-Rivières 46°21' N 72°33' O 18:03:40 (24°) 18:21:19 (21°) 20:38

Elsewhere in Canada

Location Latitude Longitude Contact 1 Contact 2 Maximum Coucher
St. John's (NL.) 47°34' N 52°43' O 19:33:11 (11°) 19:50:53 (8°) 20:54
Moncton (NB) 46°05' N 64°47' O 19:03:26 (19°) 19:21:06 (16°) 21:06
Halifax (NS) 44°36' N 63°36' O 19:03:25 (17°) 19:21:05 (14°) 20:56
Charlottetown (PE) 46°14' N 63°08' O 19:03:24 (17°) 19:21:04 (15°) 21:00
Toronto (ON) 43°39' N 79°23' O 18:03:56 (28°) 18:21:35 (25°) 20:56
Sudbury (ON) 46°28' N 81°00' O 18:03:58 (30°) 18:21:36 (27°) 21:13
Winnipeg (MB) 49°53' N 97°09' O 17:04:36 (40°) 17:22:12 (37°) 20:26:10 (8°) 21:33
Regina (SK) 50°25' N 104°39' O 16:04:57 (44°) 16:22:32 (42°) 19:26:06 (13°) 21:05
Calgary (AB) 51°10' N 114°35' O 16:05:23 (49°) 16:22:58 (47°) 19:26:04 (19°) 21:46
Edmonton (AB) 53°33' N 113°28' O 16:05:17 (48°) 16:22:51 (46°) 19:26:11 (19°) 21:58
Vancouver (BC) 49°16' N 123°07' O 15:05:56 (55°) 15:23:30 (53°) 18:26:01 (24°) 21:13
Victoria (BC) 48°26' N 123°23' O 15:05:59 (56°) 15:23:33 (53°) 18:25:59 (24°) 21:11
Iqaluit (NU) 63°45' N 68°33' O 18:03:46 (23°) 18:21:23 (21°) 21:27:16 (4°) 22:40

Entire Transit Visible

Location Latitude Longitude Contact 1 Contact 2 Maximum Contact 3 Contact 4
Whitehorse (YU) 60°43' N 135°03' O 15:05:57 (50°) 15:23:31 (49°) 18:26:38 (31°) 21:31:03 (9°) 21:48:51 (7°)
Yellowknife (NT) 62°27' N 114°21' O 16:05:06 (43°) 16:22:40 (41°) 19:26:36 (21°) 22:31:56 (3°) 22:49:46 (1°)

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://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/transit12.html, Table 2)


 

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