Watch the Partial Solar Eclipse!

Come watch the Moon block (most of) the Sun! Join Physics and Astronomy professor Aaron Lee on the Chapel Lawn. A solar-filtered telescope and eclipse-safe Shade-14 glass will be available for viewing the partial solar eclipse. Come and go when you please during the times of the event.

Those who attend the event will receive their own piece of Shade-14 glass (as supplies last)!

The event will start around 9am, when the Sun should be high enough to see over the local geography. The closest the Moon will come to blocking the entire Sun happens around 9:20am (about 77% of the Sun blocked). From there, the Moon will gradually move away and reveal the full Sun again by 10:40am.

It is not necessary to attend the entire length of the event, nor do you have to necessarily be present at 9am.

This event will happen even with cloud cover but will be canceled for more inclement weather.

SAFETY WARNING: At NO point during this eclipse should you look at the Sun without proper eclipse-viable equipment. Please reach out to Professor Lee if you have any questions.

General information about viewing this partial eclipse from the Bay Area:

Moon starts to block the Sun around 8am, altitude 9 degrees (really low on the horizon), SSE

Moon maximally blocks the Sun (about 77% of it) around 9:20am, altitude 22 degrees, SSE

Moon stops blocking the Sun around 10:40am, altitude 34 degrees, SSE

altitude: How high the object appears in the sky, measured from 0 to 90 degrees. Zero degrees corresponds to looking along the horizon, and 90 degrees corresponds to tilting your head and looking straight up. The Moon/Sun will be located toward the south-south-east.