Total Solar Eclipse: When To See It In New Brunswick

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Excitement is building in New Brunswick for the total solar eclipse, which will occur on Monday, April 8.

While New Jersey is not in the path of totality, about 95 percent of the sun will be hidden above the Garden State on Monday afternoon.

The climax of the eclipse — when maximum darkness will occur — will be at 3:24 p.m. Monday, according to this NASA map that is searchable by ZIP code.

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon slips between the sun and Earth.

Here are the details of how to see the solar eclipse in New Brunswick, NJ:

Partial eclipse begins: 2:10 p.m. April 8, 2024
Totality begins: 2:51 p.m.
Maximum: 3:25 p.m.
Totality ends: 3:58 p.m.
Partial ends: 4:30 p.m.

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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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