Seasonal & Holidays

Will I See The Total Solar Eclipse In Queens?

Short answer, no — but Queens residents won't miss out completely on the eclipse excitement. Here's what to know.

The progression of a total solar eclipse is seen in a multiple exposure photograph taken in 5-minute intervals, with the moon passing in front of the sun above Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia on Oct. 24, 1995.
The progression of a total solar eclipse is seen in a multiple exposure photograph taken in 5-minute intervals, with the moon passing in front of the sun above Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia on Oct. 24, 1995. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

QUEENS — 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 Queens.

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.

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In Queens, 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:

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

NASA's forecast for the eclipse day calls for 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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