North America Gets 14% Solar Eclipse and 96.2% Blood Moon This August
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Updated · The Boston Globe · Aug 10
North America Gets 14% Solar Eclipse and 96.2% Blood Moon This August
3 articles · Updated · The Boston Globe · Aug 10
Summary
Wednesday’s partial solar eclipse will cover about 14% of the sun in Southern New England, with Boston’s peak at 1:55 p.m. under mostly clear skies.
Certified eclipse glasses or No. 12 or 14 welder’s glass are required for the entire solar event, astronomers said, including for viewers reusing glasses from April 2024.
Aug. 27-28 will bring a deep partial lunar eclipse, with 96.2% of the moon entering Earth’s umbra and peak coverage at 12:12 a.m. ET, likely producing a reddish blood-moon glow.
That lunar eclipse will be safe to watch without eye protection and coincides with August’s full Sturgeon Moon, which peaks at 12:18 a.m. ET.
The solar eclipse’s path of totality runs through the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain, becoming mainland Europe’s first total solar eclipse in 27 years.