Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1

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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), 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 eastern North America and most of Europe and Asia.

1 Notable times and coordinates
2 Type of the eclipse
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] 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