2008-07-23

Total Solar Eclipse

Found over on WorldTimezone.com You can view the local time in each time zone and stage of the solar eclipse 1 August 2008. I will re post it here. Unfortunately it is not viewable here in America. Also view the Wiki page on Solar Eclipses and the wiki page on the event.



  • 08:04 UTC (GMT) - Beginning of the general eclipse
  • 09:23 UTC (GMT) or 04:23 local time- Total Solar Eclipse begins in northern Canada (Nunavut) (GMT-05)
  • 09:30 UTC (GMT) or 07:30 local time- northern Greenland (GMT-02)
  • 10:00 UTC (GMT) or 14:00 (02pm) local time- Novaya Zemlya (GMT+04)
  • 10:10 UTC (GMT) or 16:10 (04:10pm) local time - reaching mainland of Russia (GMT+06)
  • 10:21 UTC (GMT) or 16:21 (04:21pm) local time - greatest eclipse near Nadym (GMT+06)
  • 10:45 UTC (GMT) or 17:45 (05:45pm) local time - Novosibirsk, Russia (GMT+07)
  • 10:48 UTC (GMT) or 17:48 (05:48pm) local time - Barnaul, Russia (GMT+07)
  • 10:57 UTC (GMT) or 18:57 (06:57pm) Mongolia time - Russia-Mongolia border (Mongolia time GMT+08)
  • 10:59 UTC (GMT) or 18:59 (06:59pm) local time - Altay, China (GMT+08)
  • 11:10 UTC (GMT) or 19:10 (07:10pm) local time - near Hami, China (GMT+08)
  • 11:15 UTC (GMT) or 19:15 (07:15pm) local time - Jiuquan, China (GMT+08)
  • 11:20 UTC (GMT) or 19:20 (07:20pm) local time - near Xi'an, China (GMT+08)
  • 11:20 UTC (GMT) or 19:20 (07:20pm) local time - Eclipse ends (GMT+08)
  • 12:38 UTC (GMT) - End of the general eclipse

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