Less than overwhelming locally, but spectacular for those in the right place.
That was the verdict on the near total solar eclipse Monday, as dark clouds prevented the sun from peaking out in Stanley-Boyd. Those in the path of totality got a different display.
Making landfall over Mazatlan Mexico and continuing northeast at a diagonal trajectory, the path of totality tracked through northwest Mexico, crossed the border at Texas, continued north through several midwestern and northeastern states, before exiting North America over New Brunswick Canada.
With the penumbra starting at 12:52 p.m. the eclipse entered umbra at 1:29 p.m., approached its maximum at 2:05 p.m., retreated to half strength at 2:42 p.m., and cleared by 3:17 p.m. A full 78.1 percent of the Sun’s surface was obscured by the Moon at its maximum extent locally during the eclipse, or double that of the annular eclipse last fall.
Clouds intervening, there was little to see.
