Monday’s total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The total solar eclipse will begin over the South Pacific Ocean. Weather permitting, the first location in continental North America that will experience totality is Mexico’s Pacific coast at around 2:07 p.m. EST.
The path of the eclipse continues from 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. Small parts of Tennessee and Michigan will also experience the total solar eclipse. The eclipse will enter Canada in Southern Ontario, and continue through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton. The eclipse totality will exit continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, at 3:46 p.m. EST.
In Brooklyn, the moon will begin covering the sun at 2:10 PM Monday, gradually covering more of it until maximum at 3:25 PM. However, because Brooklyn is not in the path of totality, only 89.5% of the sun will be covered by the moon at maximum. In Lakewood, it will begin at 2:07 PM, with maximum at 3:24 PM. The eclipse will be fully over in both locations by 4:36 PM.
The closest area that is in the path of totality and drivable from the tri-state area is Syracuse, NY, which is about a 4 and a half hour drive from the Brooklyn and Lakewood areas.
As you’re already likely well aware, it is extremely dangerous to look directly at the sun ever, but especially during a solar eclipse. Doing so can cause immediate, irreversible damage to your eyes. Make sure to wear solar eclipse glasses with the proper safety rating.
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Insane. Now, thanks to Biden’s open border policies, even an eclipse is entering the US from Mexico.
Where can you buy the glasses?
I know people want to see the eclipse, but people must be extremely careful with there children, I have a grandchild who lives in Israel, about a year anf half there was a solar eclipse in Israel, his Rabbie took the class to see it with proper glasses but unfortunately my grandson was curious as many children are and took off his glasses to look directly at the eclipse for aprox only 10-12 seconds and burned both of his retinas and must now use a magnify glass to read and is very frustrated the Dr said then there were a couple of other children with the same issue
It’s not for me to say if schools should be open or not tomorrow but Rabbis and Morahs must understand that it is difficult to watch a whols class at the same time and children are curious and all it takes is a few seconds, so parents and teachers be careful