Total Solar Eclipse: How Much We'll See In RI, When To See It

RHODE ISLAND — Excitement is building in Rhode Island for the April 8 total solar eclipse. We’re not among some 32 million Americans living in the path of totality, but neither will we miss out on 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 New Hampshire, the moon will cover about 91 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 for the Providence area:

Partial eclipse begins: 2:15 p.m.
Totality begins: 2:56 p.m.
Maximum: 3:29 p.m.
Totality ends: 4:01 p.m.
Partial ends: 4:38 p.m.

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Right now, the forecast calls for no chance of rain, only some clouds, and temperatures in the 40s for the big event.

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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