​Will I See The Total Solar Eclipse In Upper Southampton Township?

UPPER SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA — Excitement is building in Upper Southampton Township 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 Doylestown, the moon will cover about 89.5 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: 2:08 p.m.
Maximum: 3:24 p.m.
Partial ends: 4:35 p.m.

The eclipse will last 120 minutes and 27 seconds from beginning to end in Upper Southampton Township.

The Southampton Free Library is giving away eclipse glasses if adults and children go there to complete a scavenger hunt.

ECLIPSE EVENTS

• Eclipse Watch Party, 2:30 p.m., April 8 —MaGerk's Pub & Grill, Horsham Township
• A Sun, Moon, and Earth event will be held at the Tyler Park Center for the Arts in Northampton Township on Sunday, April 7 beginning at 1 p.m. Participants will learn about the solar eclipse and how to safely view the event with science and art activities to help explain what happens during an eclipse and how to make your own pin-hole viewer to use during the eclipse. Click here for more information.
• Learn Not to Burn (Your Eyeballs): Solar Eclipse Pop-Up Table at Nockamixon Park. Stop by the park's marina on Saturday, March 30 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. to pick up some eclipse info, make a pinhole viewer, look at sunspots through a solar telescope, and maybe even snag a pair of eclipse glasses (while supplies last). The park naturalist will be on hand to give everyone a rundown of what to expect for the big day, and answer any questions. No registration is required. Just stop by.

Right now, it looks like we could have cloudy skies with a 70 percent chance of rain 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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