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Partial solar eclipse to take place on August 11

The solar eclipse of August 11, 2018 will be a partial solar eclipse which will be visible on the north of North America, in Greenland, in Northern Europe and north-eastern Asia.

The maximal phase of the partial eclipse will be recorded in East Siberian Sea, near the Wrangel Island.

The eclipse can be observed in Canada, Greenland, Scotland, most of the Nordic countries (Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland), Estonia, Latvia, practically throughout Russia (except for places southwest of the line roughly passing through Pskov, Moscow and Penza, and the most eastern places of the Far East), in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and China. During the sunset, the eclipse can be observed in North and South Korea.

The partial solar eclipse will be visible in the day starting at around 1:32 PM Indian Standard Time (IST), and will be visible till 5:02 PM IST.