Total Solar Eclipse: When To See It In Long Branch-Eatontown

LONG BRANCH, NJ — Excitement is building in Long Branch-Eatontown for the total solar eclipse, which will occur on Monday, April 8.

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon slips between the sun and Earth.

While New Jersey is not in the path of totality, about 95 percent of the sun will be hidden above the Garden State on Monday afternoon. The climax of the eclipse — when maximum darkness will occur — will be at 3:24 p.m. Monday, according to this NASA map that is searchable by ZIP code.

Here are the details of how to see the solar eclipse in Long Branch, NJ:

Partial eclipse begins: 2:10 p.m. April 8, 2024
Totality begins: 2:51 p.m.
Maximum darkness/climax of the eclipse: 3:25 p.m.
Totality ends: 3:58 p.m.
Partial ends: 4:30 p.m.

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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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