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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

Type of the eclipse

References

• 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
• Information about eclipse in China
• Information about eclipse in Russia (Novosibirsk)

Solar eclipses
Previous eclipse: Solar eclipse of 2008 February 7 (annular)	Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 (total)	Next eclipse: Solar eclipse of 2009 January 26 (annular)
Previous total eclipse: Solar eclipse of 2006 March 29		Next total eclipse: Solar eclipse of 2009 July 22

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