Solar Eclipse Help Please!

Question

I heard about 6 months ago about the solar eclipse happening tomorrow (aug 1st) And ive been stoked ever since! But recent news is saying that people in northern united states wont be able to see it, anyone know if this is true. Also, what time is it suppose to be..i cant find the accurate one!

thankss!

Answer 1

People in the extreme northeastern North America are the _only_ North Americans that will see it--but they won't see much of it.

Look at this chart: (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2... ).  You have to be somewhere in the area bounded by the read and blue lines in order to catch _any_ of the eclipse.

You have to be in the dark blue band in order to see "totality" (the sun completely covered by the moon).  Elsewhere you'll see just a partial eclipse.

If you're within the red loop on the left, the eclipse will be already in progress when the sun rises.

Answer 2

Hi Deja!

The only parts of the US that can see even a bit of the partial eclipse are far northern Maine and the north slope of Alaska, and they see only a tiny nibble out of the solar disc.

On TV and on the internet, you'll be able to see the total eclipse live between 5:30 a.m. and 7:20 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, with the precise moment of totality depending on precisely where they locate the camera.

For the next chances for a total eclipse right here in the US, mark your calendar for there dates:

- August 21, 2017, a coast to coast eclipse stretching along a line from Oregon to South Carolina

- April 8, 2024, where totality follows an arc starting in Mexico and crossing Texas, then turning gradually eastward across Indiana, Ohio, PA, NY, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

Other than those, I see foreign travel in your eclipse-chasing future.  The longest eclipse of the Twenty-first Century comes July 22, 2009 across south-central China.

Answer 3

08:04 UTC (GMT) - Beginning of the general eclipse

09:23 UTC (GMT) or 04:23 local time- Total Solar Eclipse begins in northern Canada (Nunavut) (GMT-05)

09:30 UTC (GMT) or 07:30 local time- northern Greenland (GMT-02)

10:00 UTC (GMT) or 14:00 (02pm) local time- Novaya Zemlya (GMT+04)

10:10 UTC (GMT) or 16:10 (04:10pm) local time - reaching mainland of Russia (GMT+06)

10:21 UTC (GMT) or 16:21 (04:21pm) local time - greatest eclipse near Nadym (GMT+06)

10:45 UTC (GMT) or 17:45 (05:45pm) local time - Novosibirsk, Russia (GMT+07)

10:48 UTC (GMT) or 17:48 (05:48pm) local time - Barnaul, Russia (GMT+07)

10:57 UTC (GMT) or 18:57 (06:57pm) Mongolia time - Russia-Mongolia border (Mongolia time GMT+08)

10:59 UTC (GMT) or 18:59 (06:59pm) local time - Altay, China (GMT+08)

11:10 UTC (GMT) or 19:10 (07:10pm) local time - near Hami, China (GMT+08)

11:15 UTC (GMT) or 19:15 (07:15pm) local time - Jiuquan, China (GMT+08)

11:20 UTC (GMT) or 19:20 (07:20pm) local time - near Xi'an, China (GMT+08)

11:20 UTC (GMT) or 19:20 (07:20pm) local time - Eclipse ends (GMT+08)

12:38 UTC (GMT) - End of the general eclipse