Solar Eclipse Alert: How To See, Stream And Image Tomorrow's Weird ‘Double Sunrise'

The first solar eclipse of the year will occur on Saturday, March 29. Unlike the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, this one will only be seen as a partial from parts of 13 U.S. states. While there will be no totality and at no point will it get dark, this event promises something rare and spectacular in the form of an eclipsed sunrise. As little as 1% and as much as 85% of the sun will be eclipsed by the moon as seen from the U.S., with northern Quebec, Canada, seeing almost 94% eclipse. Here's everything you need to know to see, stream and photograph the final solar eclipse in North America until August 12, 2026.
A rare partial solar eclipse is seen over Northamptonshire on March 20, 2015 in Northampton, ... More England. The solar eclipse, which occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, started at 08:24 GMT and continues until 10:41 GMT, with the maximum obscuration of the Sun happening at 09:31 GMT. The last significant solar eclipse visible from the UK was on 11 August, 1999. (Photo by)
A partial solar eclipse occurs when a new moon passes between Earth and the sun. Unlike a total solar eclipse, there is no precise alignment. Instead, only the moon's outer shadow, its penumbra, will move across Earth.
It will be visible in the U.S. from 6:13 to 7:17 a.m. EDT and in Canada from 6:56 a.m. NDT to 8:20 a.m. EDT. An exact schedule for any location — including the time of sunrise, maximum eclipse and when the eclipse ends — can be found on Timeanddate's map of the eclipse.
13 U.S. states in the northeast will see some part of the eclipse. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts will see the biggest eclipse, with views of the eclipsed sunrise most likely from coastal areas.
Rare 'devil's horns' — where two cusps of the sun are seen on either side of the silhouette of the moon — will be visible from locations close to the U.S.-Canada border in Maine and New Brunswick and along the St. Lawrence River northeast of Quebec City. This unusual phenomenon is also known as a 'double sunrise.'
A smaller partial solar eclipse will be seen in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia.
The maximum eclipse will be seen in Nunavik in Quebec, Canada, where almost 94% of the sun will be eclipsed during sunrise. At 85%, northeastern Maine will see the biggest eclipse in the U.S.
Several large cities will see this eclipse at sunrise, notably New York City, NY with 22%, Boston, MA 43%, Concord, NH 46%, Portland, ME 64% and Philadelphia, PA 12%. Washington, D.C., and Buffalo, NY, are on the limit, with just a 1% eclipse at sunrise.
Livestreams of the event will come from Timeanddate.com, broadcasting from Saint John in New Brunswick, Canada (84%), Siena, Tuscany in Italy (5%) and Skibotn in Norway (37%), and from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich London (31%).
A pair of eclipse glasses held — or taped — over a smartphone camera lens is good enough to take a souvenir image of the eclipsed sun. For better results, put your smartphone on a tripod and use the Solar Snap app, available on Google Play and Apple App Store, which offers zoom, exposure and zoom adjustments. However, for images of the eclipsed sunrise, the best way is to take a video with a smartphone, zooming in as much as possible. That's far easier to do when using a tripod. An image can easily be extracted from the video, either using software or by taking a screenshot.
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