Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008

Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1

The solar eclipse that takes place on August 1, 2008, will be a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.039 that will be visible from a narrow corridor through northern Canada (Nunavut), northern part of Russia, western Mongolia, and China. It belongs to the so-called midnight Sun eclipses, as it will be visible from regions experiencing Midnight sun.

In Siberia, the total eclipse zone will pass through populated places, including the "capital of Siberia" Novosibirsk, and the cities of Nizhnevartovsk, Barnaul, Biysk. Greatest eclipse duration will be reached near the town of Nadym in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Northern Siberia.

A partial eclipse will be seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including eastern North America and most of Europe and Asia.

Statistics

Notable times and coordinates

Event	Time (UTC)
Beginning of the general eclipse	08:04:06
Beginning of the total eclipse	09:21:07
Beginning of the central eclipse	09:24:10
Greatest eclipse	10:21:08
End of the central eclipse	11:18:29
End of the total eclipse	11:21:28
End of the general eclipse	12:38:27

Type of the eclipse

Nature of the eclipse	Total
Gamma	0.8306
Magnitude	1.0394
Duration at greatest eclipse point	147 s (2 min 27 s) at 10:21:08 UTC, in northern Russia: 65°38′48″N 72°16′24″E
Maximum width of band	236.9 km

References

• "Eclipse Glasses - Lunettes d'éclipse"
• Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson. "Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 1". NASA, July 2004.
  • Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 01
• Interactive 2008 August 1 Total Solar Eclipse map with local circumstances
• Clock Tower's "China Olympic Total Solar Eclipse" page