Solar Eclipse: How Much We’ll See In Mastic-Shirley, When To See It

MASTIC-SHIRLEY, NY — Excitement is building in Mastic-Shirley 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.

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 Mastic-Shirley, the moon will cover about 88 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: 2:12 p.m.
Totality begins: 2:53 p.m.
Maximum: 3:27 p.m.
Totality ends: 4:00 p.m.
Partial ends: 4:37 p.m.

PREVIEW EVENTS:

• Glow in The Dark Solar Eclipse Painting, April 2, Comsewogue Library
• Total Solar Eclipse, April 3, Longwood Public Library
• Observing the Solar Eclipse, April 1, South Country Library
• Solar Eclipse for Everyone, April 7, Patchogue Library

WHERE TO WATCH:

• Solar Eclipse Fun In Discovery Grove, Sachem Library
• Viewing Party, Sachem Public Library
• Long Island Explorium
• Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library Watch Party
• Solar Eclipse Livestream, South Country Library
• Connetquot State Park
• Heckscher State Park
• Wildwood State Park
• Watch Party, West Babylon Public Library

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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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