2024 Solar Eclipse In NYC: What You Need To Know For April 8

NEW YORK CITY — The City That Never Sleeps isn't going to sleep on the April 8 eclipse, even if it's missing the full celestial show.

The eclipse's path of totality — meaning the sun will be totally obscured by the Moon, giving a period of midday darkness — won't pass over New York City.
But if New Yorkers aren't among the roughly 32 million Americans who'll see the total eclipse, they'll still get quite a sight.

In New York City, the Moon will cover about 90 percent of the sun at the eclipse's peak, 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: 3:25 p.m.

Partial ends: 4:36 p.m.

Right now, it looks like we could have clear, dry skies for the big event.

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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