{"id":994628,"date":"2026-08-11T15:49:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/994628\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:49:22","slug":"stellar-surprise-partial-solar-eclipse-expected-over-nyc-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/994628\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellar surprise: Partial solar eclipse expected over NYC on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Yorkers will get a very small glimpse of a partial solar eclipse<\/a> that will occur on Wednesday as the moon passes between Earth and the sun in a rare meeting of the two heavenly bodies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The celestial event is expected to be visible across parts of Alaska, the upper Midwest, the Northeast and Canada in the afternoon, EDT.\n<\/p>\n

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves directly between the Earth and sun, blocking all or part of the sun\u2019s light from reaching the planet.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

While a total solar eclipse is expected across Spain and other parts of Europe on Aug. 12, parts of North America, including New York City, are expected to experience the partial eclipse, meteorologists said \u2014 just not much of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe farther north and east you are, the more impressive the eclipse will be. The moon will block about 10% of the sun in Washington, D.C., 19% in New York City and 26% in Boston,\u201d\u00a0Brian Lada, AccuWeather astronomy expert, explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the height of the eclipse, Lada said, it will look like the moon has taken \u201ca small bite\u201d out of the sun.
\n\"\"Peak times in the United States and Canada.Courtesy AccuWeather\n<\/p>\n

Although solar eclipses can cast a shadow over parts of the Earth, temporarily darkening the sky, Wednesday\u2019s eclipse is expected to be far less dramatic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sun will not be blocked enough to make it look dimmer outside, so people going about their daily lives may not even know that a solar eclipse is happening Wednesday,\u201d Lada said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In most areas, the event will last more than an hour, peaking between 1:35 and 1:55 p.m. EDT across the Midwest and Northeast, southern Ontario and southern Quebec. The eclipse is expected to peak at approximately 1:36 p.m. in Detroit, 1:40 p.m. in Toronto, and 1:54 p.m. in New York City.<\/p>\n

The city should see mostly sunny skies around that time<\/a>, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

Experts warn people not to look directly at an eclipse, as it can cause eye damage. Certified eclipse glasses that meet the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard are required for direct viewing throughout the partial eclipse, meteorologists from AccuWeather said. (The glasses should also have the proper safety label: ISO 12312-2; when in doubt, do not use them, Lada said.)<\/p>\n

Unlike during a total solar eclipse, there is no period during a partial eclipse when it is safe to look directly at the sun without proper eye protection. Regular sunglasses do not provide adequate protection, experts said, and eclipse glasses that are torn, scratched or otherwise damaged should not be used.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s eclipse is unlikely to generate the same buzz as the total solar eclipse that occurred in April 2024<\/a>, which inspired watch parties across the Big Apple, sent sky-gazers traveling upstate for better viewing and prompted institutions such as the city\u2019s public libraries to give out free eclipse glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, an eclipse is still a magnificent show of nature \u2014 just don\u2019t forget the safety glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Yorkers will get a very small glimpse of a partial solar eclipse that will occur on Wednesday…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":994629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[48928,5229,398611,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,398612,9122,71660,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313],"class_list":["post-994628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-accuweather","tag-america","tag-brian-lada","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-partial-solar-eclipse","tag-nyc-weather","tag-solar-eclipse","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-weather"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117077671156184110","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=994628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/994629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=994628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=994628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}