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solar eclipse of August 1, 2008

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A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, August 1, 2008,{{cite web|title=August 1, 2008 Total Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2008-august-1|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=11 August 2024}}{{cite news |title=Russians marvel as moon blocks out sun |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-russians-marvel/134037532/ |newspaper=The Park City Daily News |date=2008-08-01 |page=A5 |access-date=2023-10-25 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title='Olympics eclipse' wows crowds along Silk Road |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-olympics-eclipse/134037539/ |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer |date=2008-08-01 |page=A5 |access-date=2023-10-25 |via=Newspapers.com}} with a magnitude of 1.0394.{{cite web |last1=Espenak |first1=Fred |author1-link=Fred Espenak |last2=Anderson |first2=Jay |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 |access-date=2008-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321025600/http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2008Aug01T.GIF |archive-date=2007-03-21}} A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.4 days after perigee (on July 30, 2008, at 0:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=2008&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=11 August 2024}}

The eclipse 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=August 1, 2008 |access-date=2008-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309061951/http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/TSE2008/TSE2008.html |archive-date=March 9, 2008}} Visible north of the Arctic Circle, it belonged to the so-called midnight sun eclipses. The largest city in its path 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 1, 2008 |access-date=2008-08-01 |archive-date=2008-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919000835/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24118986-663,00.html |url-status=dead}} A partial eclipse could be seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including northern Canada, Greenland, and most of Europe and Asia.

The moon's apparent diameter was 1 arcminute, 17.8 arcseconds (77.8 arcseconds) larger than the annular solar eclipse of February 7, 2008.

It was described by observers as "special for its colours around the horizon. There were wonderful oranges and reds all around, the clouds lit up, some dark in silhouette, some golden, glowing yellowy-orange in the distance. You could see the shadow approaching against the clouds and then rushing away as it left."Dr John Mason describing the eclipse directly after observing it.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Start of eclipse: Canada and Greenland

File:SE2008Aug01T.gif
Animated path

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 |author-link=Fred Espenak |author2=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 |access-date=2008-08-01}}

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

Greatest eclipse: 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.{{Citation needed|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. For Gorno-Altaysk the eclipse was the second consecutive total solar eclipse after the March 2006 eclipse.[https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/russia/gorno-altaysk?iso=20080801 Eclipses and Transits Visible in Gorno-Altaysk]. timeanddate.com

Image:Солнечное затменение 049.jpg|Partial from Dmitrov

Image:Max phase of partial eclipse 01.08.2008 in Magnitogorsk, Ural, Russia..jpg|Magnitogorsk at maximum phrase

Image:Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1.JPG|Partial from Moscow, Russia

Image:NovosibirskTotalEclipsePhoto-cropped.jpg|Totality from Akademgorodok (Novosibirsk)

Image:Total Solar Eclipse in Novosibirsk (1-aug-2008). Ideal quality with no clouds!.webm|Video from Novosibirsk

Image:Aug1Novosibirsk2008.JPG|Diamond ring effect in Novosibirsk

Image:2008-08-01 Solar eclipse progression with timestamps.jpg|Eclipse progression in Novosibirsk. All times UTC (local time UTC+7)

Image:Неполное солнечное затмение в Пскове (2008).jpg|Partial from Pskov, Russia

Image:Eclipse 2008 Sar.JPG|Partial from Saratov, Russia

File:Частичное солнечное затмение (40915809292).jpg|Partial from Yekaterinburg, Russia

Conclusion: Mongolia and 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 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.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} The total eclipse finished at 11:21 UT. The total eclipse passed over Altay City, Hami and Jiuquan. Around 10,000 people were gathered to watch the eclipse in Hami.

File:Total Eclipse at Khar Nuur, Altai (2812021816).jpg|Totality in Altai City, Mongolia

Image:Diamondring.jpg|Diamond ring effect in Kumul, Xinjiang

Image:Solar Eclipse Gansu.jpg|Totality in Jiuquan, China. Red prominences are visible on both sides of the sun

Image:Solar Eclipse Gansu 2.JPG|Totality in Jiuquan, China

Image:日全食 - panoramio.jpg|Partial from Xi'an, China

Partial eclipse

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 09:33 BST, with a maximum eclipse of 12% at 10:18 BST, before concluding at 11:05 BST. At Edinburgh the partial eclipse was 23.5%, whilst it was 36% in Lerwick in the Shetland Isles.{{cite web |author=Royal Astronomical Society|author-link=Royal Astronomical Society |date=August 1, 2008 |title=Solar Eclipse On The Morning Of August 1st |publisher=ScienceDaily |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080724143903.htm |access-date=2008-08-01}}

Image:Arctic eclipse.jpg|The eclipse over Russia, Norway, and the Arctic Ocean as seen from NASA's Terra satellite.

Image:Jorg Weingrill - Partial Solar Eclipse 2008 (by).jpg|Partial from Graz, Austria

Image:Partial Solar Eclipse - Minsk 2008.jpg|Partial from Minsk, Belarus

Image:1 August 2008 partial eclipse from UK.jpg|Partial from Jodrell Bank Observatory, England

File:2008.08.01 Auringonpimennys 2 (41840192725).jpg|Partial from Huittinen, Finland

Image:Michaelll - Partial Solar Eclipse (by).jpg|Partial from Bergen, Norway

Image:Zacmienie slonca 2008 08 01 Warszawa.jpg|Warsaw, Poland at maximum phrase

File:Solar Eclipse 080801 (2722291466).jpg|Partial from Kumla, Sweden

Image:Solar eclipse in Makiivka.jpg|Partial from Makiivka, Ukraine

Image:Partial Eclipse Chennai Aug2008.jpg|Partial from Chennai, India

LTU 1111

German charter airline LTU, now trading as Air Berlin, operated a special flight from Düsseldorf to the North Pole to observe the eclipse. Flight number LT 1111 spent over 11 hours in the air, returning to base at 6pm after flying a planeload of eclipse chasers, scientists, journalists and TV crews to watch the celestial event. The route also included a low-level sightseeing tour of Svalbard before the eclipse and the magnetic pole afterwards.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.{{cite web|title=Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 Aug 01|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2008Aug01Tprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=11 August 2024}}

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|+August 1, 2008 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 2008 August 01 at 08:05:11.5 UTC

First Umbral External Contact

| 2008 August 01 at 09:22:12.6 UTC

First Central Line

| 2008 August 01 at 09:23:43.3 UTC

First Umbral Internal Contact

| 2008 August 01 at 09:25:15.6 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 2008 August 01 at 09:48:26.9 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 2008 August 01 at 10:13:39.0 UTC

Greatest Duration

| 2008 August 01 at 10:20:17.1 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 2008 August 01 at 10:22:12.3 UTC

Last Umbral Internal Contact

| 2008 August 01 at 11:19:33.2 UTC

Last Central Line

| 2008 August 01 at 11:21:03.1 UTC

Last Umbral External Contact

| 2008 August 01 at 11:22:31.3 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 2008 August 01 at 12:39:31.7 UTC

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|+August 1, 2008 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 1.03942

Eclipse Obscuration

| 1.08040

Gamma

| 0.83070

Sun Right Ascension

| 08h47m54.1s

Sun Declination

| +17°51'56.4"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 15'45.5"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.7"

Moon Right Ascension

| 08h49m08.8s

Moon Declination

| +18°38'01.6"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 16'14.1"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°59'34.8"

ΔT

| 65.6 s

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Eclipse season

{{See also|Eclipse cycle}}

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

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|+ Eclipse season of August 2008

! August 1
Descending node (new moon)
!! August 16
Ascending node (full moon)

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| Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 126

Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 138

Related eclipses

= Eclipses in 2008 =

= Metonic =

= Tzolkinex =

= Half-Saros =

= Tritos =

= Solar Saros 126 =

= Inex =

= Triad =

= Solar eclipses of 2008–2011 =

{{Solar eclipse set 2008–2011}}

= Saros 126 =

{{Solar_Saros_series_126}}

= Metonic series =

{{Solar Metonic series 1993–2069}}

= Tritos series =

{{Solar Tritos series 2008 August 1}}

= Inex series =

{{Solar Inex series 2008 August 1}}

Notes

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References

{{Commons category|Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1}}

{{Solar eclipse NASA reference|2001/SE2008Aug01T|20080801}}

  • [http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/xSE_GoogleMapFull.php?Ecl=+20080801&Acc=2&Umb=1&Lmt=1&Mag=0 Google Map]

Photos:

  • [http://www.eclipse-2008.ru/eclipse.php Russian solar eclipse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102021344/http://www.eclipse-2008.ru/eclipse.php |date=2010-01-02 }}
  • [http://www.izmiran.ru/info/personalia/molodensky/Eclips08.html Russian scientist observed eclipse]
  • [http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/gallery_01aug08.htm Spaceweather.com solar eclipse gallery]
  • [http://www.williams.edu/Astronomy/eclipse/eclipse2008/2008total/index.html Total Solar Eclipse, August 1, 2008], from Russia by Jay Pasachoff
  • [http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/Eclipse/Ecl2008m/0-info.htm Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site. Mongolia]
  • [http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/Eclipse/Ecl2008r/0-info.htm Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site. Russia]
  • [http://www.krysstal.com/ec2008.html The 2008 Eclipse in Russia]
  • [http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7417 Astronomy.com Eclipse trip images from Russia]
  • [http://cmhas.wikispaces.com/ECLIPSE_China_2008 Memories, video and images of the eclipse by Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society]
  • [http://www.krysstal.com/ec2008.html The 2008 Eclipse in Russia]
  • [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080805.html] APOD 8/5/2008, A Total Solar Eclipse Over China, wide sky from near Barkol in Xinjiang, China
  • [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080807.html] APOD 8/7/2008, At the Sun's Edge, Totality from Novosibirsk, Russia
  • [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080808.html] APOD 8/8/2008, The Crown of the Sun, totality with corona from Kochenevo, Russia
  • [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080920.html] APOD 9/20/2008,A Darkened Sky, totality with wide corona from Mongolia
  • [http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2008/index.html Webcast of the eclipse from northwest China]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111126172216/http://www.sems.und.edu/ University of North Dakota's Live Webcast from China]

Video

  • [http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-54612 Video from Altai, featured on CNN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726035552/http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-54612 |date=2009-07-26 }}

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