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August 1, 2008 — Total Solar Eclipse — Kolkata, West Bengal, India (Calcutta)

Aug 1, 2008 at 5:12 pm
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Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse in Kolkata, West Bengal
Began: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Maximum: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:12 pm 0.638 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

August 1, 2008 — Total Solar Eclipse — Kolkata

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Kolkata. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (IST) for Kolkata.

PhaseTimeEventDirectionAltitude
Partial Solar Eclipse

16:18:00

Fri, Aug 1

Partial eclipse begins

The moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called first contact.

280°
25.9°
Partial Solar Eclipse

17:12:31

Fri, Aug 1

Maximum eclipse

The deepest point of the eclipse, with the Sun at its most hidden.

284°
13.6°
Partial Solar Eclipse

18:02:46

Fri, Aug 1

Partial eclipse ends

The edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun.

The Sun is close to the horizon, so make sure you have free sight to the WNW.

288°
2.7°

* Timings for the beginning & end of partial eclipse and maximum eclipse are accurate to within a few seconds. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 65.6 seconds.
Timings for other events are approximate—they are included here as a rough guide to features that might be observable. The icons show the position of the Moon against the Sun at each stage.

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The total phase of this solar eclipse was not visible in Kolkata, but it could be observed there as a partial solar eclipse.

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Cloud Coverage (Aug 1)

In the past, this day was cloudy 99% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Kolkata

Eclipse Visibility From KolkataVisibility Worldwide
Jul 16, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9–10, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 5, 2001 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Nov 9, 2003 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 7–8, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 19, 2007 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 26, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2009 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009–Jan 1, 2010 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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