Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018

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Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018
Course of the penumbra on the earth's surface
Course of the penumbra on the earth's surface
classification
Type Partially
area Northern Europe , Northeast Asia
Saros cycle 155 (6 of 71)
Gamma value +1.1478
Greatest eclipse
place Arctic Ocean , southwest of Wrangel Island
location 70 ° 24 ′  N , 174 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 70 ° 24 ′  N , 174 ° 30 ′  E
time August 11, 2018 09:46:15   UT
size 0.7361
World map of the solar eclipse of August 11, 2018

The solar eclipse of August 11, 2018 was a purely partial eclipse, so the earth was only hit by the penumbra of the moon.

Degree of coverage

The red star marks the greatest eclipse.

The visibility area included the countries Greenland , Norway , Svalbard , Jan Mayen , Scotland , Faroe Islands , Sweden , Finland , Lithuania , Estonia , Iceland , Canada , Russia , China , Mongolia , Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan . The maximum phase was reached in Eastern Siberia . In Western Europe, the visibility limit was high in the north - Denmark and southern Sweden are already too far south. In northern Scandinavia and in the Moscow area only a low degree of coverage was achieved, as was the case in eastern China , where the eclipse took place during sunset.

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