Will I See The Total Solar Eclipse In New Rochelle?

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NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Excitement is building in New Rochelle for the April 8 total solar eclipse. We’re not among some 32 million Americans living in the path of totality, but neither will we miss out on the celestial sensation.

However, cloudy skies and rain may well change the experience.

It "depends on how thick and how extensive the clouds are," veteran Hudson Valley meteorologist Joe Rao said in a recent column on Space.com. "Regardless, you will certainly notice some very unusual effects when the moon's shadow passes by."

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 New Rochelle, the moon will cover about 90.2 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: 2:11 p.m.
• Totality begins: 2:52 p.m.
• Maximum: 3:25 p.m.
• Totality ends: 3:58 p.m.
• Partial ends: 4:36 p.m.

The New Rochelle Public Library will be offering free solar eclipse glasses to NRPL cardholders. There will be a limit of two pairs per household. Registration is required and can be done through March 30, here. Pickup will be April 2 - April 6, at the first floor information desk.

In addition, the library will be throwing an Eclipse Party on April 8, from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. on the library patio. There will be eclipse-themed music and giveaways, including eclipse glasses and safe viewing instructions, while supplies last. Registration is required and can be done here.

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Long-range forecasts are predicting a cloudy day with rain likely for the big event, so keep checking NASA's Eclipse Explorer for a weather update.

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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