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Will I See The Total Solar Eclipse In Long Branch-Eatontown?
Here are the times to see the total solar eclipse in Long Branch - Eatontown, which will occur on Monday, April 8.
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LONG BRANCH, NJ — Excitement is building in Long Branch - Eatontown for the total solar eclipse, which will occur on Monday, April 8. We’re among about 32 million people living in the path of totality.
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.
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon slips between the sun and Earth. Over New Jersey, the moon will cover about 90 percent of the sun at the peak of the eclipse, according to this NASA map that is searchable by ZIP code.
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Here are the details of how to see the solar eclipse in Long Branch - Eatontown, NJ:
Partial eclipse begins: 2:10 p.m. April 8, 2024
Totality begins: 2:51 p.m.
Maximum: 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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