So, if you see 200°, that’s a bit less than 1/3 of the way from due south to due west. Anything in between is, well, in between!Īzimuth is given as an angle so you can tell exactly where the Sun will be, and here are some references: 90° is due east, 180° is due south, and 270° is due west. So 45° would be exactly halfway up, 30° would be 1/3 of the way up, and 60° would be 2/3 of the way up. The horizon is at 0°, and straight up is 90°. The Sun’s location in the sky at that time won’t change enough in one day for you to notice the difference.)Īltitude is given in degrees. (You can also go outside to your planned viewing location on the day before the eclipse at eclipse time and check it out yourself. This will let you know where the Sun will be in the sky during totality, so you can check to make sure that trees, buildings or mountains won’t be in your way. It is correct to within a very few seconds, though!Īltitude and azimuth of the Sun at the time of totality This is an approximate time, again due to localized edge effects. How long totality will last – given in minutes and seconds, or just seconds if the location is close to the edge of the path. Therefore, you have to remember the most important safety rule: Use your eclipse glasses to view the eclipse at all times until the very last bit of the Sun’s bright disk has been covered by the Moon! When you can’t see anything through the eclipse glasses any longer, then it is safe to look! (But put them back on IMMEDIATELY as soon as totality is over!) Remember, due to edge effects unique to your viewing location, this time may be “off” by a few seconds, and different observers will see things differently. This is what you came here to see! When does totality start? Again, this time is given in Universal time and you can convert it if you like. Who will be the first to see that bite and shout “ First Contact!”? If you imagine the Sun’s disk as a clock face, this is the hour hand value of where to look on that “clock” to see that very first little bite that the Moon is taking! (Remember, you must use eclipse glasses to look at the Sun at this time!) We’ve called this value “V”, because that’s what astronomers call it. Where to look for that first “bite” of partial eclipse ("V") You can convert the entire table by clicking on the time zone you want to see it shown in! Times can shift by several seconds as you get several miles/km away from the location shown.Īll times are given in local time or Universal time (also known as GMT or Zulu time). The times in the table have been calculated based on this exact location. Location identifier and latitude/longitude In this table, we’ve listed the following information:
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