Watch Thursday’s Partial Solar Eclipse
We could be in for a show on Thursday...if the weather cooperates.
A partial solar eclipse will happen tomorrow at 5:45 p.m. Eastern Time, and will be visible over most of the country.
While the Point's Meteorologist Dan Zarrow is forecasting leftover showers for much of the day, we could see late clearing, and fingers crossed, that clearing will happen by 5!
A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. In this case, the moon won't completely block out the sun's rays, but will instead give it a 'fingernail' appearance.
The next solar eclipse that will occur over the U.S. after this one will be a total solar eclipse in August 2017.
Should the skies clear up tomorrow, it's important to remember it's insanely dangerous to look directly at the sun, and trying to check out the eclipse with even regular sunglasses could cause temporary or permanent blindness.
If you don't mind spending the money, you can buy arc-welding goggles to wear or a solar filter for your camera or telescope.
Another cool way to see it? The pinhole trick! Hold up something like a colander or a playing card with a small hole punched in it.
Face away from the sun, and find the shadow of the colander/card/whatever. Instead of small circles, the pinholes will look like little crescents because of the eclipse!
The easiest way of all? Watch it online, courtesy of the Slooh Community Observatory, by clicking HERE.