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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