Bay Area residents got to see a partial solar eclipse with the help of clear skies Monday, even though the region was outside the path of totality. Others in the country’s midsection experienced a rare total solar eclipse.
NASA
How much of the sun was blocked in the Bay Area?
Between 31% and 35% of the sun was blocked by the moon’s movement across the face of the sun, depending on where in the Bay Area one was observing. It appeared as if a bite had been taken out of the sun’s lower half from right to left.
NASA
What time did the eclipse begin in the Bay Area?
The 2024 partial solar eclipse on April 8 began at approximately 10:15; times vaired slightly depending on where you were in the Bay Area. Generally, it started sooner in the South Bay and later in the North Bay.
For example, for people in Gilroy, the eclipse began at 10:12 a.m. For those 160 miles north of Gilroy in Cloverdale, the eclipse started at 10:16 a.m.
In San Jose and San Francisco, it started at 10:13 a.m., in Oakland and San Rafael at 10:14 a.m., and in Santa Rosa at 10:15 a.m.
When was the peak time for the eclipse in the Bay Area?
For most of the greater Bay Area, the peak time of the partial eclipse was about one hour after it began at approximately 10:13 a.m. That’s unlike those regions in the path of totality, during which the peak arrived about an hour and 15 minutes after the beginning of the eclipse with totality lasting about three to four minutes.
How long did the eclipse last in the Bay Area?
The partial eclipse lasted approximately two hours in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a slightly longer time for those in the South Bay. Repeating the above example, the eclipse lasted two hours and five minutes in Gilroy, and an hour and 59 minutes in Cloverdale.
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