Total solar eclipse on August 1, 2008, in Northern Hemisphere

by William Atkins

Friday, 01 August 2008

Page 1 of 2 ! A total solar eclipse will begin in northern Canada early Friday morning, and sweep through Greenland, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia, and China. A partial solar eclipse will be seen in the northeastern parts of North America, and much of Europe and Asia. The beginning of the general eclipse (when the Moon partially hides the Sun from the Earth) will occur in far-northern Canada early in the morning at about 8:04 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or 4:04 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The total solar eclipse will begin at about 9:21 a.m. GMT, or 5:21 a.m. EDT. The central eclipse will begin at 9:24 a.m. GMT, and the greatest part of the eclipse will begin at 10:21 a.m. GMT. The Sun will be completely hidden by the Moon for 2 minutes, 27 seconds (the maximum duration at the greatest eclipse point) beginning at 10:21:08 GMT, in northern Russia. The end of the central eclipse will occur at 11:18 a.m. GMT and the end of the total eclipse occurs at 11:21 a.m. EDT. The end of the general eclipse occurs at 12:38 p.m. GMT. The total solar eclipse on August 1, 2008, classified as a magnitude of 1.039, has a maximum width of about 150 miles (240 kilometers). After beginning in the far northern reaches of Canada, the total solar eclipse will go northeast across northern Greenland and the Arctic, followed by a southeastern passage through the middle of Russia, Mongolia, and China. In Russia’s Siberia, the total solar eclipse will pass through the cities of Novosibirsk, Nadym, Nizhnevartovsk, Barnaul, and Biysk. For any given location on Earth, a total solar eclipse happens about once every 375 years. A partial solar eclipse will be seen across most of northeastern North America, most of Europe and much of Asia. Partial solar eclipses happen about seven times per decade, on average, for any geographical location on Earth. It is unsafe to observe a solar eclipse because of the damage the rays of the Sun can cause on human eyes. Please read page two. << First page <   1 2 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

 

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