| Transits of Venus: 1000AD–2700AD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1032 May 24 | 1040 May 22 | ||
| 1145 November 26 † | 1153 November 23-24 | 1275 May 25-26 | 1283 May 23 |
| 1388 November 26 † | 1396 November 23 | 1518 May 25-26 | 1526 May 23 |
| 1631 December 7 | 1639 December 4 | 1761 June 6 | 1769 June 3-4 |
| 1874 December 9 | 1882 December 6 | 2004 June 8 | 2012 June 5-6 |
| 2117 December 11 | 2125 December 8 | 2247 June 11 | 2255 June 9 |
| 2360 December 12-13 | 2368 December 10 | 2490 June 12 | 2498 June 10 |
| 2603 December 15-16 | 2611 December 13 | ||
1518 May 25th-26th Transit of Venus
Visibility
Venus crossed the disc of the Sun on 1518 May 25th-26th. The map above shows the visibility of the event. The entire transit could have been seen from the north-western part of North America, the western half of the Hawaiian Islands, the islands of the western Pacific Ocean, Australia except the western part, south-eastern Asia, Russia except the western part and northern Scandinavia. The Sun set while the transit was in progress in the grey area encompassing North America except the north-western part, Central America, the north-western part of South America, the islands of the eastern Pacific Ocean and New Zealand. The Sun rose while the transit was in progress in the grey area taking in western Australia, south-western Asia, the Middle East, Africa except the western part and Europe including the British Isles. The yellow lines on the diagram show the position of the terminator, where the Sun is either rising or setting, at the key phases of the transit.
Geocentric Circumstances
The geocentric circumstances of the transit are shown in the diagram above. During the transit, the diameter of the Sun is 1889.6 arcseconds and that of Venus is 57.7 arcseconds. In other words, the diameter of Venus is 0.03 that of the Sun, making it look like a rapidly moving sunspot. The minimum separation between the centre of the solar disc and Venus was around 505.3 arcseconds. The whole transit lasts just under seven hours.
All timings are given in Universal Time (UT).
