Photo By National Park Service: A crowd uses handheld solar viewers and solar eclipse glasses to safely view a solar eclipse.
Staff Reports
GRAHAM COUNTY – There will be a total eclipse of the son today, Monday, April 8, beginning at 10:08 a.m., Arizona time.
The eclipse will peak at 11:20 a.m. locally, however, since Arizona is not in the path of totality only a partial eclipse (75%) will be seen. The eclipse will end at 12:35 p.m.
According to NASA, except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face, it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing.
Viewing any part of the bright Sun through a camera lens, binoculars, or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics will instantly cause severe eye injury.
Here are some important safety guidelines to follow during a total solar eclipse.
- View the Sun through eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer during the partial eclipse phases before and after totality.
- You can view the eclipse directly without proper eye protection only when the Moon completely obscures the Sun’s bright face – during the brief and spectacular period known as totality. (You’ll know it’s safe when you can no longer see any part of the Sun through eclipse glasses or a solar viewer.)
- As soon as you see even a little bit of the bright Sun reappear after totality, immediately put your eclipse glasses back on or use a handheld solar viewer to look at the Sun.
Source: NASA
The next solar eclipse won’t be visible in the United States until 2044,
