Partial solar eclipse over the U.S. on Thursday, Oct. 23
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 18:00
in Astronomy & Space
People in most of the continental United States will be in the shadow of the Moon on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 23, as a partial solar eclipse sweeps across the Earth. For people looking through sun-safe filters, from Los Angeles, 45% of the sun's diameter will be covered at 3:38 p.m. PDT (local time); from Seattle, 64% will be covered at 3 p.m. PDT; from Denver, 55% will be covered at 4:35 MDT; and in Chicago, 55% will be covered at 5:42 p.m. The sun will set before the eclipse is visible in New York or New England. A tiny bite would be visible at sunset while looking through special sun-safe filters farther south on the Eastern Seaboard.