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Staff Reporter

A total eclipse of the sun will occur tomorrow (August 1). It will start at 14 hours 04 minutes 06 seconds (Bangladesh time) and will end at 18 hours 38 minutes 24 seconds, said an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release.

The central eclipse will start at 15 hours 22 minutes 36 seconds and will end at 17 hours 20 minutes, it said.

The greatest eclipse will occur at 16 hours 21 minutes 06 seconds. The maximum magnitude of the total eclipse will be 1.040 and duration of the total phase will be 02 minutes 30 seconds.

The eclipse will start at 04 hours 35 minutes 08 seconds LMT (Local Mean Time) of August 1 at the east of Newfoundland island of Canada in

the North Atlantic Ocean. It will end at 18 hours 20 minutes 49 seconds LMT at the east of Tamilnadu coast of India in the Bay of Bengal.

The central eclipse will start at 02 hours 30 minutes 07 seconds LMT at the Viscount Melville Sound strait of Canada. It will end at 18 hours 55 minutes 32 seconds LMT at the north-west of Nanking of China.

The greatest eclipse will occur at 15 hours 10 minutes 15 seconds LMT at the Gulf of Ob of Russia. The maximum magnitude of the eclipse will be 1.040 only at this place and its duration will be 02 minutes 30 seconds.

Bangladesh will be able to observe a partial eclipse of the sun on August 1 if the sky remains clear. This eclipse will start from 16 hours 29 minutes (Bangladesh times) to 16 hours 44 minutes and will end from 18 hours 22 minutes to 18 hours 37 minutes in Bangladesh.

The central eclipse will occur from 17 hours 25 minutes to 17 hours 40 minutes in Bangladesh. The maximum magnitude of the eclipse in Bangladesh will be 0.65 to 0.70, said the ISPR news release.