Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008

Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008

Infobox Solar eclipse
date=August 1, 2008


caption = A photo of the total solar eclipse from Novosibirsk (Akademgorodok) Russia


map_caption = 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
type_ref =cite web |first=Fred |last=Espenak |authorlink=Fred Espenak |coauthors=Jay Anderson |url=http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2008Aug01T.gif|title=Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 01 - Parameters |publisher=NASA |date=July 2004 |accessdate=2008-08-09]
nature = Total
gamma = 0.8306
magnitude = 1.0394
saros = 126
saros_sequence = 47
saros_total = 72
max_eclipse_ref =
duration = 147.2 s (2 min 27.2 s)
location=Northern Russia
coords = coord|65|38|48|N|72|16|24|E
max_width = 236.9 km
times_ref =
start_partial = 08:04:06.8
start_total = 09:21:07.3
start_central = 09:24:10.3
greatest_eclipse = 10:21:08.1
end_central = 11:18:29.3
end_total = 11:21:28.3
end_partial = 12:38:27.7

The solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 was a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.0394 that was visible from a narrow corridor through northern Canada (Nunavut), Greenland, central Russia, eastern Kazakhstan, western Mongolia and China.cite web |url=http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/TSE2008/TSE2008.html |title=Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 01 |publisher=NASA |date=July 23, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-09] It belonged to the so-called midnight sun eclipses, as it was visible from regions experiencing midnight sun.Fact|date=August 2008 The largest city on the path of the eclipse was Novosibirsk in Russia.cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24118986-663,00.html |title=Total eclipse a dark show for thousands |publisher=Herald Sun |date=August 3, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-09]

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.

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.

Visibility and reaction

Canada, Greenland and Norway

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.cite book |first=Fred |last=Espenak |authorlink=Fred Espenak |coauthors=Jay Anderson |title=Total Eclipse of 2008 August 01 - NASA Technical Bulletin 2007–214149 |date=March 2007 |url=http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/20080801/rp.html |accessdate=2008-08-09]

The path of totality touched the northeast corner of Kvitøya, an uninhabited Norwegian island in the Svalbard archipelago, at 09:47 UT.Fact|date=August 2008

Russia

The eclipse reached the Russian mainland at 10:10 UT, with a path 232 km wide and a duration of 2 minutes 26 seconds.Fact|date=August 2008 The greatest eclipse occurred shortly after, at 10:21:07 UT at coordinates coord|65|39|N|72|18|E (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. Around 10,000 tourists were present in Novosibirsk, the largest city to experience the eclipse.

China

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.Fact|date=August 2008 The total eclipse finished at 11:21 UT. The total eclipse passed over Yiwu, Juiquan and Xi’an. Around 10,000 people were gathered to watch the eclipse in Yiwu.

Other countries

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. 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.cite web |author=Royal Astronomical Society |date=July 31, 2008 |title=Solar Eclipse On The Morning Of August 1st |publisher=ScienceDaily |url=http://www.sciencedaily.com­/releases/2008/07/080724143903.htm |accessdate=2008-08-09]

References

External links

Maps

* [http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2008_GoogleMapFull.html Interactive map of the eclipse with local circumstances]
* [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2008Aug01Tgoogle2.html Interactive map of the eclipse from NASA]

Webcasts

* [http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2008/index.html Webcast of the eclipse from northwest China]
* [http://www.sems.und.edu/ University of North Dakota's Live Webcast from China]

Solar eclipse succession box
nature=total
previous=Solar eclipse of February 7, 2008
natureprevious=annular
next=Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009
naturenext=annular
previoussamenature=Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006
nextsamenature=Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009


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