Solar Eclipse 2025: here are the best times and we offices to see the extraordinary view
Skywatcher throughout the country will be able to do it See a partial solar eclipse This weekend.
Although not rare as a total solar eclipse, the celestial show occurs only twice a year.
Those who lose the fanfare of this year will have to wait until autumn to capture the next one.
Here’s what you should know …
When and where can you see the eclipse in the United States?
The main cities of the eastern coast will have to wake up early on Saturday morning.
In Portland, in Maine, the first begins, at 6:27 am local time, reaching its maximum phase at 6:59 am
Boston has only four more minutes to sleep and New York City is the next one on the list.
Residents of the capital of the nation and Buffalo, New York, can sleep in the last. The partial starts at 7:02 in Buffalo.
What is a partial solar eclipse?
A partial solar eclipse It occurs when the moon partially blocks the sun when you pass between the sun and the earth, resulting in a shadow on parts of the northern hemisphere.
Only a part of the sun seems to be covered, giving it a crescent shape.
On average, they occur about twice a year.
“It will be a particularly cloudy day,” said Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos, of the European Southern Observatory, The Associated Press.
How can you see it safely?
Spectators must use the protection of the adequate eyes at any time while watching the eclipse. It is never sure to look at it directly without adequate protection.
What is adequate protection? Special eclipse glasses or a safe portable solar spectator.
Normal sunglasses are not sure for viewing the sun, no matter how dark they are.
“Do not look at the sun through a lens of the camera, a telescope, binoculars or any other optical device while wearing eclipse glasses or using a portable solar spectator: concentrated sunlight will burn through the filter and cause serious eye injuries”, recommends NASA.
Who else can see it?
North America, Europe, Africa, Northern Asia, small parts of South America, Greenland and Iceland will all see the partial solar eclipse.
While the US North-East sees him during the dawn, the eclipse will begin in the morning in half-latere in western Europe and north-western Africa.
In Eastern Europe and northern Asia, most or even all the eclipse will occur in the afternoon or early evening.
What if you miss this?
If you miss this, don’t fear!
The next partial solar eclipse is scheduled for September 21, 2025.
But seeing that one might request a trip.
People in Australia, Antarctica and Ocean Pacific and Atlantic are in its geographical range.
