SHORT FACTS ABOUT THE ECLIPSE

Last total eclipse in Norway: June 30th 1954
Maximal duration of the totality on Kvitøya: 1 min 27 sec
Maximum on Kvitøya: 11:47 am
Maximum in Bergen: 11:28 am
Maksimum in Tromsø 11:41 am
Maksimum in Novosibirsk: 12:45 pm
Distance to the Moon during the eclipse:: 363 446 km (fra Oslo), 364 942 km (fra Longyearbyen)
The Moon's diameter: 3474 km
Height of the Sun at maximum phase: In Oslo: 44 degrees, in Longyearbyen: 27.3 degrees
Next total solar eclipse on the Earth: July 22nd 2009 (amongst others in China, not visible in Norway)
Width of the totality zone: around 255 km
Speed of totality zone:3600 km/hr (near Kvitøya)

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