Residents of most regions of Russia will be able to observe a partial Eclipse of the Sun
Residents of most regions of Russia will be able to observe a partial Eclipse of the Sun — Moscow 24.
Saturday, August 11, the residents of the Northern regions of Russia and Siberia will be able to observe a partial Eclipse of the Sun, the press service of the Moscow planetarium.
Will start this unusual phenomenon at 11:02 Moscow time in the Atlantic ocean near the canadian Peninsula of Labrador. Then it can be observed in Greenland and Iceland, then in Northern Europe.
At 11:40 the penumbra of the moon will enter the territory of Russia, moving from the Murmansk region in the South-East. The maximum phase of the Eclipse will occur at 12:46.
To see the Eclipse will be available to residents of most of the territories of the Russian Federation except for the South-Western districts, where the Moon held in the sky by the Sun. In Chukotka and Kamchatka, the Sun will have time to come over the horizon.