Animation of the Transit of Mercury, 9th May 2016

Animation showing the Transit of Mercury across the Sun on May 9th 2016 (Copyright Martin J Powell, 2015)

The Transit of Mercury, May 9th 2016 The world map shows the regions of the world from which the transit was visible. The animation commences on May 9th at 11:12 UT (the start of the transit) and ends at 18:42 UT (the end of the transit). In the lower half of the graphic, the time zones show the local times at which the event took place, listed by their military time zone and local time zone designations. To determine the time zone in which you are situated, locate your Standard Time offset from Greenwich (hours East or West of Greenwich) shown in italics beneath each zone letter (alternatively, refer to the world map at WorldTimeZone.com). For example, the standard time at Los Angeles, USA is 8 hours behind Greenwich, so the relevant times will be found in the '-8 ' time zone, i.e. zone U ('Uniform'). For more details on how to use the animation for your own time zone, refer to the main text below.

Time Zone & Island Designators used in the Animation

Click on the military time zone letter to go direct to the local time zone listings:

------------------ West of Greenwich ------------------

------------------------- East of Greenwich -------------------------

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M**


A 'Alpha' +1 hour	WAT CEST	West Africa Time Central European Summer Time

B 'Bravo' +2 hours	CAT	Central Africa Time
	SAST	South Africa Standard Time
	EEST	Eastern European Summer Time
	IDT	Israel Daylight Time

C 'Charlie' +3 hours	MSK	Moscow Time
	FET	Further Eastern European Time (Belarus)
	AST	Arabia Standard Time
	EAT	East Africa Time
	Mdg	Madagascar
	Com	Comoros

C* 'Charlie star' +3� hours	IRDT	Iran Daylight Time

D 'Delta' +4 hours	SAMT	Samara Time (Russia)
	GET	Georgia Standard Time
	GST	Gulf Standard Time (Oman & UAE)
	SCT	Seychelles Time
	MUT	Mauritius Time
	RET	R�union Time

D* 'Delta star' +4� hours	AFT	Afghanistan Time

E 'Echo' +5 hours	YEKT	Yekaterinburg Time (Russia)
	ORAT	Oral Time (Russia)
	AQTT	Aqtobe Time (Kazakhstan)
	PKT	Pakistan Standard Time
	MVT	Maldives Time
	TFT	French Southern & Antarctic Time (Kerguelen Islands)

E* 'Echo star' +5� hours	IST	India Standard Time
	SrL	Sri Lanka
	AnN	Andaman & Nicobar Islands

E** 'Echo star star' +5� hours	NPT	Nepal Time

F 'Foxtrot' +6 hours	NOVT	Novosibirsk Time (Russia)
	OMST	Omsk Standard Time (Russia)
	ALMT	Alma-Ata Time (Kazakhstan)
	QYZT	Qyzylorda Time (Kazakhstan)
	BTT	Bhutan Time
	BST	Bangladesh Standard Time

F* 'Foxtrot star' +6� hours	MMT CCT	Myanmar Time Cocos Islands Time

G 'Golf' +7 hours	KRAT	Krasnoyarsk Time (Russia)
	HOVT	Hovd Time (Western Mongolia)
	ICT	IndoChina Time
	WIB	Western Indonesia Time
	CXT	Christmas Island Time
	DAVT	Davis Time (Antarctica/Australia)

H 'Hotel' +8 hours	IRKT	Irkutsk Time (Russia)
	CST	China Standard Time
	PHT	Philippines Time
	MYT	Malaysia Time
	WITA	Central Indonesian Time
	AWST	Australia Western Standard Time

I 'India' +9 hours	YAKT	Yakutsk Time (Russia)
	JST	Japan Standard Time
	KST	Korea Standard Time
	PWT	Palau Time
	WIT	Eastern Indonesian Time
	TLT	East Timor Time

I* 'India star' +9� hours	ACST SAST	Australian Central Standard Time Australian South Standard Time

K 'Kilo' +10 hours	VLAT	Vladivostok Time (Russia)
	MAGT	Magadan Time (Russia)
	SAKT	Sakhalin Time (Russia)
	ChST	Chamorro Standard Time (Guam & Northern Mariana Islands)
	CHUT	Chuuk Time (Federated States of Micronesia)
	PGT	Papua New Guinea Time

L 'Lima' +11 hours	SRET	Srednekolymsk Time (Russia)
	PONT	Pohnpei Standard Time (Micronesia)
	BST	Bougainville Standard Time (Papua New Guinea)
	SBT	Solomon Islands Time
	VUT	Vanuatu Time
	NCT	New Caledonia Time


M 'Mike' +12 hours	ANAT	Anadyr Time (Russia)
	PETT	Kamchatka Time (Russia)
	MHT	Marshall Islands Time
	GILT	Gilbert Islands Time
	FJT	Fiji Time
	NZST	New Zealand Standard Time

M* 'Mike star' +13 hours	PHOT	Phoenix Islands Time
	TKT	Tokelau Time
	ST	Samoa Time
	TOT	Tonga Time

M** 'Mike star star' +14 hours	LINT	Line Islands Time (Kiribati)

N 'November' -1 hour	CVT	Cape Verde Time
	EGST	East Greenland Summer Time
	AZOST	Azores Summer Time

O 'Oscar' -2 hours	StP	St Peter & St Paul Archipelago
	FNT	Fernando de Noronha Time
	TrM	Trindade & Martim Vaz Islands
	GST	South Georgia Standard Time

P 'Papa' -3 hours	BRT	Brasilia Time
	UYT	Uruguay Time
	CLT	Chile Standard Time
	ART	Argentina Time
	WGST	West Greenland Summer Time

P* 'Papa star' -3� hours	NDT	Newfoundland Daylight Time

Q 'Quebec' -4 hours	AST	Atlantic Standard Time
	AMT	Amazon Time
	BOT	Bolivia Time
	PYT	Paraguay Time
	ADT	Atlantic Daylight Time

Q* 'Quebec star' -4� hours	VET	Venezuela Time (Several months after the animation was produced, Venezuela moved its clocks forward by 30 minutes to UTC-4. Hence it should now appear in zone 'Quebec' above)

R 'Romeo' -5 hours	EST	Eastern Standard Time
	COT	Colombia Time
	ECT	Ecuador Time
	PET	Peru Time
	EDT	Eastern Daylight Time

S 'Sierra' -6 hours	CST	Central Standard Time
	MEX	Mexico Time
	GALT	Galapagos Islands Time
	CDT	Central Daylight Time

T 'Tango' -7 hours	MST MDT	Mountain Standard Time Mountain Daylight Time

U 'Uniform' -8 hours	PST	Pacific Standard Time
	PST*	Pitcairn Standard Time
	PDT	Pacific Daylight Time

V 'Victor' -9 hours	GAMT	Gambier Time (French Polynesia)
	AKDT	Alaska Daylight Time
	YDT	Yukon Daylight Time (Canada)

V* 'Victor star' -9� hours	MART	Marquesas Time (French Polynesia)

W 'Whiskey' -10 hours	HAST	Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (Hawaii)
	CKT	Cook Islands Time
	TAHT	Tahiti Time
	HADT	Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time (Aleutian Islands West)

X 'X-Ray' -11 hours	BEST	Bering Time (Midway Island)
	SST	Samoa Standard Time (American Samoa)
	NUT	Niue Time

Y 'Yankee' -12 hours	IDLW	International Date Line West
	HoI	Howland Island
	BaI	Baker Island

Z 'Zulu' 0 hours	AsI	Ascension Island
	StH	Saint Helena
	TdC	Tristan da Cunha
	BST	British Summer Time
	IST	Irish Summer Time
	WEST	Western European Summer Time

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