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The transit was best seen from Europe, Asia and Africa, although eastern North America caught the end of it. Western North America did not see it at all, nor did Hawaii or New Zealand.
The regions from which the transit were visible are shown on the map to the right.
The following table and image give times for various events (respectively, first contact, second contact, the mid-point, third contact and fourth contact) during of the transit on June 8, 2004 for a hypothetical observer at the center of the Earth. Due to parallax, actual observed times may differ by as much as ±7 minutes at different observation points on Earth.
| Times ( UTC) for observations of the transit on June 8, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | Mid | III | IV |
| 05:13:29 | 05:32:55 | 08:19:44 | 11:06:33 | 11:25:59 |
A photograph of the start of the 2004 transit, with Venus just visible at second contact. Taken from London, England (London time = UTC +1)
2004 transit as seen from Bangalore at 07:41 UTC, about two hours into the transit. The image is inverted compared to the diagram above, so Venus is seen near the top of the Sun's disc.
A photograph taken at 15:39 Hong KongThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or Hong Kong (, pinyin: Xinggng, WG: Hsiang-kang, Cantonese IPA, Jyutping or Penkyamp: hoeng1 gong2, meaning Fragrant Harbour , is one of two Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of Chi time (07:39 UTC) from Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong.