The first total solar eclipse over Finland since 1945 will occur Sunday . The eclipse will begin at 4:03am ( 9:30pm Saturday EDT ) when the moon gradually begins moving between the earth and the sun . It will end at 5:45am . Totality will last for 83 minutes . About 10,000 people have converged on Joensuu , near the Soviet border , where conditions are considered especially good for visibility . The media have been warning against eye damage . Finn air has arranged a dozen special flights for eclipse watchers . But that official, Marjut Cadia, said she had underestimated the interest in the event. The eclipse will be total in an arc about 125 miles wide from the northern Baltic Sea across the Kola Peninsula and northeast Soviet Union to the Aleutian Islands near Alaska .
The first total solar eclipse over Finland since 1945 will occur Sunday . The eclipse will begin at 4:03am ( 9:30pm Saturday EDT ) when the moon gradually begins moving between the earth and the sun . It will end at 5:45am . Totality will last for 83 minutes . About 10,000 people have converged on Joensuu , near the Soviet border , where conditions are considered especially good for visibility . The media have been warning against eye damage . Finn air has arranged a dozen special flights for eclipse watchers . The eclipse will be total in an arc about 125 miles wide from the northern Baltic Sea across the Kola Peninsula and northeast Soviet Union to the Aleutian Islands near Alaska .