Will Total Solar Eclipse Be Visible From Walnut Creek? What To Know

WALNUT CREEK, 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 Walnut Creek 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 Walnut Creek, the moon will cover about 34.6 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: 10:40 a.m.
Maximum: 11:13 a.m.
Totality ends: 11:48 a.m.
Partial ends: 12:16 p.m.

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

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Right now, it looks like it will be partly sunny and a pleasant 70 degrees Monday 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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