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Will The Total Solar Eclipse Be Visible In Lamorinda? What To Know

What to expect in Lamorinda during the solar eclipse, Monday, April 8.

LAMORINDA, CA — Although Bay Area residents are not among some 32 million Americans living in the path of totality for the total solar eclipse, neither will Lamorinda miss out on the celestial sensation coming Monday, April 8.

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 Lamorinda, the moon will cover about 34.5 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: 10:14 a.m.
Totality begins: 10:39 a.m.
Maximum: 11:13 a.m.
Totality ends: 11:48 a.m.
Partial ends: 12:16 p.m.

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The solar eclipse will last 2 hours and 2 minutes from beginning to end in Lamorinda.


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Right now, it looks like Monday will be partly sunnier and milder at 69 degrees for the big event, according to AccuWeather.

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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