Will I See The Total Solar Eclipse In Palos Verdes?

PALOS VERDES, CA— Excitement is building in Palos Verdes for the Monday, April 8 total solar eclipse. We’re among about 32 million people living in the path of totality for the celestial sensation.

In the United States, the path of totality extends from Texas to Maine, but each of the 48 continental states will see some of the solar eclipse, which occurs when the moon slips between our bright star and Earth. In Palos Verdes, the moon will cover about 49.6 percent of the sun at the peak of the eclipse, according to a NASA map that is searchable by ZIP code.

Here are the details:
Partial eclipse begins: 10:05 a.m.
Totality begins: 10:35 a.m.
Maximum: 11:11 a.m.
Totality ends: 11:49 a.m.
Partial ends: 12:22 p.m.

The eclipse will last a little bit over two hours from beginning to end in Palos Verdes.

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Right now, it looks like we could have partial cloud cover for the big event, but it doesn't look like there will be any rain.

The total solar eclipse starts in Mexico, entering the United States in Texas and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, as well as small parts of Tennessee and Michigan, before entering Canada in southern Ontario through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton before exiting continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

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