MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — While some clouds may obscure perfect viewing, the eclipse will still be visible in Montgomery County Monday afternoon.
Some scattered clouds swept into the area Monday morning and are due to sweep out Monday evening, the National Weather Service said.
While Montco won’t get a “full” eclipse, like a band of states across the country, the moon will still cover about 89.8 percent of the sun for local residents at the peak of the eclipse, according to a NASA map that is searchable by ZIP code.
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Here’s what the timing looks like for this afternoon’s event:
Valley Forge National Park is organizing a special eclipse viewing event. The event will take place on Monday, April 8 at the Wayne’s Woods picnic area from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Park staff will be on hand with eclipse glasses, games for children, Junior Ranger Explorer booklets and badges, crafts for kids, and more.
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West Chester University, similarly, will have an event at the South Campus “S” parking lot on Monday, April 8 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event is organized by the school’s Mather Planetarium and will feature free glasses for the first 70 arrivals, as well as telescopes for viewing.
Local authorities urge residents to take precautions when viewing the eclipse.
“Only view the eclipse through eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer,” the Montgomery County Department of Public Safety said. “Regular sunglasses are not sufficient to protect your eyes. Looking directly at the sun can cause serious eye damage.”
The total solar eclipse starts in Mexico, entering the United States in Texas and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, as well as small parts of Tennessee and Michigan, before entering Canada in southern Ontario through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton before exiting continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
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