Seasonal & Holidays

Will I See The Total Solar Eclipse In Harlem?

Short answer, no — but New Yorkers won't miss out completely on the eclipse excitement. Here's what to know.

While not in the path of totality, the Big Apple can still experience the big eclipse.
While not in the path of totality, the Big Apple can still experience the big eclipse. (NASA via AP)

HARLEM, NY — The City That Never Sleeps isn't going to sleep on the April 8 eclipse, even if it's missing the full celestial show.

The eclipse's path of totality — meaning where the sun will be totally obscured by the Moon, giving an eerie period of midday darkness — won't pass over Harlem.

But if New Yorkers aren't among the roughly 32 million Americans who'll see the total eclipse, they'll still get quite a sight.

Find out what's happening in Harlemwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

In New York City, the Moon will cover about 90 percent of the sun at the eclipse's peak, according to a NASA map that is searchable by ZIP code.

Partial eclipse begins: 2:10 p.m.
Totality begins: 2:51 p.m.
Maximum: 3:25 p.m.
Partial ends: 4:36 p.m.

Find out what's happening in Harlemwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

NASA's forecast for the eclipse day calls for 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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