Partial solar eclipse will bring crescent sunrise to Northeast U.S. on Thursday.
In parts of Canada, Russia and Greenland, it will be a ‘ring of fire’ eclipse.
Don’t be alarmed if a chunk of the sun is missing as it rises Thursday morning.
A partial solar eclipse is slated to bring a crescent sunrise to more than 75 million Americans. In Canada and other northern latitudes, a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse will darken skies.
What makes Thursday morning’s eclipse special is that it’s a sunrise eclipse, making for dramatic photo opportunities as the eclipsed sun poses over the ocean or as a backdrop for city skylines. As one goes farther north, there will be a deeper eclipse, with more of the sun obscured by the moon.
If you’re curious about when to look up, you can find local sunrise and eclipse times here. In D.C., 55 percent of the sun will be blocked, with maximum eclipse coming just five minutes after sunrise at 5:42 a.m. Buffalo will see 78 percent coverage centered right around sunrise.
You may recall that a coast-to-coast swath of the United States enjoyed a total solar eclipse Aug. 21, 2017, for the first time since the 1970s. The next total solar eclipse to occur over the Lower 48 will take place April 8, 2024.
For this event, the moon won’t appear large enough in the sky to fully cover the sun. We call this an annular eclipse, when the moon becomes fully immersed in the sun and yields a glowing ring of light.
With an annular eclipse there is no path of totality. Instead, the ring of fire will be visible in rural parts of Ontario and extreme northern Quebec. A swath of Greenland and Russia will experience this as well, but there are no major cities in the path in those regions.
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