Total Solar Eclipse: How Much We’ll See In Wayne, When To See It

WAYNE, NJ — Wayne is not in the path of totality for the upcoming solar eclipse, but excitement is still building for the celestial spectacle on April 8 — and we'll get to see a good bit of the event.

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. Garden State residents won't be among the 32 million Americans who experience total darkness, but the moon will cover a large part of the sun on Monday afternoon.

Locally, the New Jersey Botanical Garden in Ringwood is inviting people to come to the Carriage House courtyard for an eclipse viewing, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Solar safety glasses will be available for purchase at the gift shop, and people can also look through solar safety filters to see the eclipse. The event is free, and will cancel if it rains or is too cloudy.

In Wayne, the moon will cover about 91.1 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: 2:10 p.m.
• Totality begins: 2:51 p.m.
• Maximum: 3:24 p.m.
• Totality ends: 3:58 p.m.
• Partial ends: 4:36 p.m.

The partial eclipse will last about 2 hours and 26 minutes from beginning to end, but maximum totality will only be a few minutes around 3:24 p.m.

Right now, it looks like we could have partly cloudy skies and temperatures of 49 degrees for the big event, with a chance of rain.

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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