This is what a partial solar eclipse looked like over Cape May on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Another partial eclipse will occur on Oct. 14, 2023, but only about 25% of the sun will be blocked by the moon in New Jersey.In New Jersey and other parts of the eastern U.S., the path of the moon on Oct. 14 will not allow skywatchers to see the dramatic ring of fire, experts say. Instead, the moon will block only a small portion of the sun.
Here in New Jersey, people looking up in the sky that day “will only see about 25% of the sun get covered by the moon,” said Amie Gallagher,“We will not see the ‘ring of fire’ eclipse,” Gallagher noted. “We will see a little bite taken out of the sun.”shows what the sun will look like from the New Jersey region during the early afternoon on Oct. 14, with the partial eclipse starting at 12:07 p.m. Eastern and getting slightly bigger between 12:30 and 1 p.m.
The moon’s maximum coverage of the sun — just one small corner of the sun’s lower-right side — will occur at 1:22 p.m., with the moon moving away from the sun by 2:36 p.m., according to TimeAndDate.knowExperts say special safety glasses will be needed to view the upcoming partial solar eclipse in October 2023 and the bigger solar eclipse in April 2024. Without the glasses, eye damage can occur.
Areas shaded in red are within the "path of totality" for the solar eclipse that will occur on April 8, 2024, so those places will experience a full total eclipse as the moon completely blocks the sun during the afternoon.In some areas of the United States, the April 2024 solar eclipse will be a more significant event than the October eclipse, because the sun will get completely blocked by the moon.
U.S. cities along the “path of totality” — the narrow zone where the sun will be 100% darkened by the moon on April 8 — include