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Hey everyone, go check out the sun a little after 6pm tonight. According to MSN news there is going to be a partial solar eclipse, about 1/2 of the sun, that will last nearly 3 hrs here in South Florida. Should be an interesting spectacle! Just don't, I repeat DON'T look directly in the sun...you could very well get "eclipse blindness". Not a good situation.
"while the eclipse will not be visible from New York City, just 85 miles to the southwest, at Philadelphia, the edge of the moon’s dark silhouette will appear to encroach upon the sun at 6:07 p.m. ET. Twelve minutes later, maximum eclipse will be attained, with the moon only obscuring about 2 percent of the sun’s diameter (or just three-tenths of one percent of the total area of the sun’s disk). The "eclipse" - if we can charitably call it that - will come to an end at 6:32 p.m. ET.
As one heads farther south, the eclipse will last longer, and this slight dent will evolve into a more noticeable scallop out of the sun’s left rim.
From Washington, the eclipse will last 41 minutes, with just over 5 percent of the sun’s diameter covered at 6:19 p.m. ET. Continuing southward, from Raleigh, N.C., the eclipse will last 69 minutes from start to finish, the moon covering a maximum of 15 percent of the sun’s diameter at 6:20 p.m. ET.
Along the Gulf Coast, the eclipse will last about 2½ hours; prospective observers will see anywhere from about 30 to 40 percent coverage, while for those in the Florida Keys, it will be a nearly three-hour affair, with the moon appearing to obscure about half of the Sun’s disk.
From San Juan, Puerto Rico, nearly 68 percent of the sun’s diameter will be eclipsed, maximum eclipse coming at 6:22 p.m. AST. Eighteen minutes later, the sun will drop down below the west-northwest horizon, making for a most unusual sunset!"
"while the eclipse will not be visible from New York City, just 85 miles to the southwest, at Philadelphia, the edge of the moon’s dark silhouette will appear to encroach upon the sun at 6:07 p.m. ET. Twelve minutes later, maximum eclipse will be attained, with the moon only obscuring about 2 percent of the sun’s diameter (or just three-tenths of one percent of the total area of the sun’s disk). The "eclipse" - if we can charitably call it that - will come to an end at 6:32 p.m. ET.
As one heads farther south, the eclipse will last longer, and this slight dent will evolve into a more noticeable scallop out of the sun’s left rim.
From Washington, the eclipse will last 41 minutes, with just over 5 percent of the sun’s diameter covered at 6:19 p.m. ET. Continuing southward, from Raleigh, N.C., the eclipse will last 69 minutes from start to finish, the moon covering a maximum of 15 percent of the sun’s diameter at 6:20 p.m. ET.
Along the Gulf Coast, the eclipse will last about 2½ hours; prospective observers will see anywhere from about 30 to 40 percent coverage, while for those in the Florida Keys, it will be a nearly three-hour affair, with the moon appearing to obscure about half of the Sun’s disk.
From San Juan, Puerto Rico, nearly 68 percent of the sun’s diameter will be eclipsed, maximum eclipse coming at 6:22 p.m. AST. Eighteen minutes later, the sun will drop down below the west-northwest horizon, making for a most unusual sunset!"