Total Solar Eclipse: How Much We’ll See In CT, When To See It

CONNECTICUT — Excitement is building in Connecticut 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 Connecticut, the moon will cover about 92 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: 2:13 p.m.
Maximum: 3:27 p.m.
Partial ends: 4:37 p.m.

For those looking for the full eclipse experience, take a drive north. The "path of totality" extends through northern sections of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

Closer to home, there will be a viewing of the eclipse at the Miller Memorial Library in Hamden. There will also be a viewing in Litchfield at White Memorial hosted by the Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club.

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Right now, it looks like we could have sunny weather 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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