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Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 |
| Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 | |
 A photo of the total solar eclipse from Novosibirsk (Akademgorodok) Russia |
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Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008. The area of total eclipse is the very small black region near the center of the much larger, moving shadow of partial eclipse
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| Type of eclipse1 | |
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| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.8306 |
| Magnitude | 1.0394 |
| Saros | 126 (47 of 72) |
| Maximum eclipse1 | |
| Duration | 147.2 s (2 min 27.2 s) |
| Location | Northern Russia |
| Coordinates | |
| Max. width of band | 236.9 km |
| Times (UTC)1 | |
| Partial eclipse | 08:04:06.8 |
| Total eclipse | 09:21:07.3 |
| Central eclipse | 09:24:10.3 |
| Greatest eclipse | 10:21:08.1 |
The solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 was a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.03941 that was visible from a narrow corridor through northern Canada (Nunavut), Greenland, central Russia, eastern Kazakhstan, western Mongolia and China.2 It belonged to the so-called midnight sun eclipses, as it was visible from regions experiencing midnight sun.citation needed The largest city on the path of the eclipse was Novosibirsk in Russia.3
The total eclipse lasted for 2 hours, and covered 0.4% of the Earth's surface in a 10,200 km long path. It was the 47th eclipse of the 126th Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on March 10, 1179 and will conclude with a partial eclipse on May 3, 2459.4
A partial eclipse could be seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including northeastern North America and most of Europe and Asia.2
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The eclipse began in the far north of Canada in Nunavut at 09:21 UT, the zone of totality being 206 km wide, and lasting for 1 minute 30 seconds. The path of the eclipse then headed north-east, crossing over northern Greenland and reaching the northernmost latitude of 83° 47′ at 09:38 UT before dipping down into Russia.4
The path of totality touched the northeast corner of Kvitøya, an uninhabited Norwegian island in the Svalbard archipelago, at 09:47 UT.citation needed
The eclipse reached the Russian mainland at 10:10 UT,4 with a path 232 km wide and a duration of 2 minutes 26 seconds.citation needed The greatest eclipse occurred shortly after, at 10:21:07 UT at coordinates (close to Nadym), when the path was 237 km wide, and the duration was 2 minutes 27 seconds. Cities in the path of the total eclipse included Megion, Nizhnevartovsk, Strezhevoy, Novosibirsk and Barnaul.4 Around 10,000 tourists were present in Novosibirsk, the largest city to experience the eclipse.3
 Partial eclipse from Saratov |
 Partial eclipse from Moscow |
 Partial eclipse at Novosibirsk, one minute before the total eclipse |
 Total eclipse at Novosibirsk |
The path of the eclipse then moved south-east, crossing into Mongolia and just clipping Kazakhstan at around 10:58 UT. The path here was 252 km wide, but the duration was decreased to 2 minutes 10 seconds. The path then ran down the China-Mongolia border, ending in China at 11:18 UT, with an eclipse lasting 1 minute 27 seconds at sunset.citation needed The total eclipse finished at 11:21 UT. The total eclipse passed over Yiwu, Juiquan and Xi’an.4 Around 10,000 people were gathered to watch the eclipse in Yiwu.3
 Total eclipse at Gansu; red prominences are clearly visible on both sides of the sun |
 Total eclipse from Gansu |
A partial eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including the north east coast of North America and most of Europe and Asia.2 In London, England, the partial eclipse began at 08:33 GMT, with a maximum eclipse of 12% at 09:18 GMT, before concluding at 10:05 GMT. At Edinburgh the partial eclipse was 23.5% of the sun, whilst it was 36% in Lerwick in the Shetland Isles.5
 Partial eclipse from Targoviste, Romania |
 Partial eclipse from New Delhi, India |
 Partial eclipse from Chennai, India |
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 Partial eclipse from Jodrell Bank Observatory, England |
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Solar eclipses |  |
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| Previous eclipse Solar eclipse of February 7, 2008 (annular) |
Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 (total) |
Next eclipse Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009 (annular) |
| Previous total eclipse Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006 |
Next total eclipse Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 |
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