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Will you be able to see the solar eclipse? A US viewer's guide
The Weather Channel • • science
Key Points:
- On August 12, parts of the U.S. will witness a partial solar eclipse, though no U.S. city lies within the path of totality, which is limited to Greenland, Iceland, and Spain.
- Alaska offers the best U.S. views, with Nome seeing up to 42.85% coverage and Anchorage, the largest city with a notable eclipse, experiencing nearly 28% coverage in the morning.
- Northern New England cities, including Augusta, Maine, will see partial coverage ranging from about 17% to 21%, making them the best locations in the contiguous U.S. for viewing the eclipse.
- Other regions such as Southern New England, New York, New Jersey, and the Mid-Atlantic will experience lower coverage, generally between 2% and 16%, with the eclipse becoming less noticeable moving south and west.
- The Great Lakes and Upper Midwest areas will see minimal coverage, often below 3%, with some cities like Chicago and Minneapolis experiencing only a 0.1% grazing of the sun, making the eclipse largely unobservable there.
