Solar Eclipse of August 1, 2008 (Visable from Northern Canada, Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia, and China)

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Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1
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Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1The 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), Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia, and China. The centre of the path will cross the northern island of Novaya Zemlya and the city of Novosibirsk. A partial eclipse will be seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including western North America and most of Europe and Asia.

Contents [hide]
1 Notable times and coordinates
2 Type of the eclipse
3 References
4 External links



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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





Huge detailed picture from NASA below, click on link:

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2008Aug01T.GIF