The total solar eclipse that will travel through the United States from Texas to Maine on Monday won’t quite reach Georgia, which will see only a partial eclipse.
Around 1:45 p.m., the moon will start to move in front of the sun. It’ll reach its height around 3 p.m., with 65% to 90% of the sun blocked, depending on where you are in Georgia. By around 4:20 p.m., the moon will completely move away.
NASA’s Eclipse Explorer can tell you the timing for your location.
Groce is president of Helping Planetariums Succeed, a company that helps science centers and museums design observatories and planetariums. He’s also an eclipse chaser who lists at least four total solar eclipses and six partial solar eclipses that he’s seen.
It’s not safe to look directly at a solar eclipse, even a partial one. So, Groce says, you should only look up at the sky with specialized glasses.
But that’s not the only option, he said.
“Instead of having this wider, bigger light source, it gets to be smaller and smaller,” said Philip Groce about a partial solar eclipse. “And that means that the shadows get sharper and sharper. And so the landscapes get interesting.
“Find a tree that’s got some leaves and look on the ground,” he said. “Put a white sheet on the ground, and you will see many, many images of the eclipse.”
Eclipse viewing parties are happening all over the state. Groce encourages everyone to experience the eclipse on Monday, whether it’s the partial eclipse or the total eclipse.
Solar eclipses are special to Groce.
“For me, astronomical events are reasons to kind of mark your life by, and they have always been that way,” he said. “For thousands of years, humankind has treated them that way. And they’re scary. If you’ve never seen a total eclipse of the sun, you have basically missed a life-changing event. And I’m not exaggerating.”
Groce said he saw his first partial solar eclipse in…
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