| Total Solar 
		Eclipse on August 21, 2017 
 Click here for the location of 
		the ACA's
 official
		Partial Solar Eclipse 
		Observing Event
 
 Time and coverage will depend on your location
 Fantastic Solar Eclipse site available
		
		here where you can get information for your location
 
 The eclipse will 
		run west to east for much of the United States.
 This map shows the entire path 
		and coverage of 
		the eclipse.  Only observers in locations under the
 dark curved bar will experience a total eclipse.  Those in areas 
		above or below this bar will see some
 degree of partial eclipse.
 
  
		 
 This map shows more detail.  Only those locations under the dark horizontal bar 
		marking the path of totality will experience a 
		total eclipse.
 Times shown are in EDT (Eastern Daylight Time). The further you observe 
		from the line of totality, less Sun will be covered by the Moon.
 
  The path of totality will begin in the west and move eastward at over 
		1700mph(!) through these states (times shown are EDT).
 Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, 
		Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina.
 
		From the location of the ACA Observatory, a partial eclipse with maximum coverage of the Sun at 
		approximately 2:32pm will be seen as indicated in the graphic below 
		created from 
		
		this Website. Please note that the times shown in the graphic 
		are in UT (Universal Time).To calculate EDT (Eastern Daylight
		Time) from UT, subtract 4 hours from the 
		times shown (ie. 18:31:57.5 UT - 4 hours = 14:31:57.5 EDT 
		= 2:31:57.5 PM EDT)
 
 
  
 Here's the information converted to Eastern Daylight Time:
 
			
				| Event (as seen from the ACA 
				Observatory)
 | Date | Time Eastern Daylight Time
 | Alt | AZ |  
				| Start of partial 
				eclipse (C1) | Aug 21, 2017 | 1:07:00.7 EDT | +60.5° | 168.9° |  
				| Maximum eclipse
				(81.368% covered) | Aug 21, 2017 | 2:31:57.5 EDT | +57.8° | 209.8° |  
				| End of partial 
				eclipse (C4) | Aug 21, 2017 | 3:52:20.4 EDT | +47.2° | 237.4° |  
		
		Click the graphic below to see a 
		computer-generated animation of the 
		eclipse we'll see from northeast Ohio.
  
	
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