• Ray Ewing

Partial Solar Eclipse

Do you still have those solar eclipse safety glasses you tucked away some time ago. You've got an opportunity to use them again, a week from tomorrow, on Saturday, March 29 early in the morning.

There will be a partial solar eclipse, possibly visible from here, in the early morning. We have to say upfront that it will be irreversably harmful of you are not using those glasses.

Only a portion of the rising morning sun will be covered by the moon, making it especially dangerous. No one should ever look directly at the sun without protective glasses. It is serious.

We are reporting on the eclipse early, just in case you need some extra time to look around your house for those glasses.

At the very best, less than a half of the sun will be covered by the moon. It is only for a short time. We checked some websites and it looks like the eclipse will start in our area at 6:27 a.m. and be over by 7:08 a.m.

Again be careful, or don't even bother trying to see it.

Sunrise and Sunset
Day Sunrise Sunset
Fri., March 21 6:43 6:54
Sat., March 22 6:42 6:55
Sun., March 23 6:40 6:56
Mon., March 24 6:38 6:57
Tues., March 25 6:37 6:58
Wed., March 26 6:35 7:00
Thurs., March 27 6:33 7:01
Fri., March 28 6:32 7:02
Temperatures and Precipitations
Day Max (Fº) Min (Fº) Inches
March 14 47 37 T
March 15 53 37 T
March 16 52 41 T
March 17 59 49 0.62
March 18 54 38 2.07
March 19 44 38 T
March 20 49 39 0.01
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 44º F

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