Solar Eclipse In Jersey City: How Much You'll See, When To See It

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Excitement is building in Hudson County for the Monday, April 8 total solar eclipse. While we’re not among the 32 million Americans living in the path of totality, we're close enough to enjoy 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 Hoboken and Jersey City, the moon will cover about 90.1 percent of the sun at the peak of the eclipse, according to a NASA map that is searchable by ZIP code.

Timing For Hoboken And Jersey City:

Partial eclipse begins: 2:10 p.m.
Totality begins: 2:51 p.m.
Maximum: 3:25 p.m.
Totality ends: 3:58 p.m.
Partial ends: 4:36 p.m.

In places with totality, the sun will go completely dark for just a few minutes.

Local Events, Glasses

Looking at the eclipse can be dangerous, but some stores and schools, including Warby Parker eyeglass store, have been giving special glasses out free.

The Hoboken library has been giving away a make-your-own kit, and the schools superintendent said kids will be educated about the eclipse and given special glasses to take home on Monday.

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Events: Liberty Science Center has planned activities. Find out more here.

Flat Rock Park in Englewood is holding a viewing party that day. Find out more here.

What will the weather be like? Put your ZIP code into the NASA site for updates.

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. It also goes through small parts of Tennessee and Michigan.

It then enters Canada in southern Ontario and proceeds through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton before exiting continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

It will be March 30, 2033, before another total solar eclipse touches the United States, and that’s only on the tip of Alaska. It’ll be Aug. 12, 2044, before the next eclipse sweeps across the lower 48 states, with parts of Montana and North Dakota experiencing totality.

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