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.

The eclipse begins in far northern Canada, at about 09:24 UT; the zone of totality is 206km wide, and the eclipse will last for 1 minute 30 seconds. The track then heads north-east, crossing northern Greenland at about 09:30, and passes near the pole before dipping down into Russia.

The eclipse reaches the Russian mainland at 10:10 UT, with a path 232km wide, and a duration of 2 minutes 26 seconds. Greatest eclipse occurs shortly after, at 10:21 UT, when the path will be 236km wide, and the duration up to 2 minutes 27 seconds.

The path then moves south-east, crossing into Mongolia and just clipping Kazakhstan at around 10:58 UT. The path here is 252km wide, but the duration is down to 2 minutes 10 seconds. The path then runs down the China-Mongolia border, ending in China at 11:18 UT, with an eclipse lasting 1 minute 27 seconds at sunset.

More details on NASA website.

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