Hopefully you saved your eclipse glasses from 2024 because another solar eclipse will be visible in the Capital Region on Wednesday.
However, unlike the April 2024 eclipse, this will not be a total solar eclipse across the United States. The path of totality this time around goes through portions of Greenland, Iceland and Western Europe. In those areas, the moon will completely block out the sun, allowing sky watchers to briefly remove their eclipse glasses and catch a glimpse of totality.
Back at home, we will experience a partial solar eclipse, meaning the moon will cover part of, but not all of the sun. The eclipse will begin around 1:00 pm in Albany, reaching its peak around 1:50 pm. At that time, the sun will appear to have a bite taken out of it, with 13 percent of the sun being covered by the moon. The partial eclipse will then continue until 2:38 pm, when the moon will stop covering part of the sun.
The percentage of the eclipse you will see increases as you travel northeast from Albany, with some places in Maine seeing a 25% eclipse. The best views in the United States will occur in Alaska, where up to a 50% eclipse is possible…